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Dell EMC PowerMax Series Best Practices Manual

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Best Practices Guide
for AC Power Connections
PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000
with PowerMaxOS
REVISION 2.0

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  • Page 1 ™ ™ Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS REVISION 2.0...
  • Page 2 IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Selecting the proper AC power connection procedure........ 15 Procedure A: Working with the customer's electrician onsite..... 16 Procedure A, Task 1: Customer's electrician........17 Procedure A, Task 2: Dell EMC Customer Engineer .......18 Procedure A, Task 3: Customer's electrician........21 Procedure B: Verify and connect..............22 Procedure C: Obtain customer verification..........23...
  • Page 4 CONTENTS Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...

  • Page 5: Figures

    FIGURES Two independent customer-supplied PDUs..............14 Circuit breakers ON — AC power within specification..........17 Circuit breakers OFF — No AC power................ 17 Connecting AC power, single-phase, PowerMax 2000..........18 Connecting AC power, single-phase, PowerMax 8000..........19 Connecting AC power, three-phase................19 Power zone connections....................
  • Page 6 FIGURES Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...
  • Page 7 Typographical conventions used in this content............10 Revision history......................12 Procedure options for AC power connection ..............15 PDU label part number....................23 PDU label location, Dell EMC racks................23 PDU label location, third-party racks................24 Input power requirements - Single-phase, North American, International, Australian ........................... 27 Input power requirements - Three-phase, North American, International, Australian ...........................
  • Page 8 TABLES Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...

  • Page 9: Preface

    Preface As part of an effort to improve its product lines, Dell EMC periodically releases revisions of its software and hardware. Therefore, some functions described in this document might not be supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use.

  • Page 10: Typographical Conventions Used In This Content

    Note Presents information that is important, but not hazard-related. Typographical conventions Dell EMC uses the following type style conventions in this document: Table 1 Typographical conventions used in this content Bold Used for names of interface elements, such as names of windows,...
  • Page 11 Preface Technical support To open a service request through the Dell EMC Online Support (https:// support.emc.com) site, you must have a valid support agreement. Contact your Dell EMC sales representative for details about obtaining a valid support agreement or to answer any questions about your account.

  • Page 12: Revision History

    Updated Procedure A, Task 2 for PowerMax 2000. May, 2018 First release of the Dell EMC Best Practices Guide for AC Power May, 2018 Connections for PowerMax 2000, 8000 with PowerMaxOS . Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...

  • Page 13: Best Practices Guide For Ac Power Connections

    CHAPTER 1 Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Best practices overview for AC power connections..........14 Selecting the proper AC power connection procedure........15 Procedure A: Working with the customer's electrician onsite......16 Procedure B: Verify and connect............... 22 Procedure C: Obtain customer verification............

  • Page 14: Best Practices Overview For Ac Power Connections

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Best practices overview for AC power connections To assure fault tolerant power, external AC power must be supplied from independent, customer-supplied, power distribution units (PDUs) as shown in Figure 1 on page 14. For systems operating from three phase AC power, two independent and isolated AC power sources are recommended for the two individual power zones in each rack of the system.

  • Page 15: Selecting The Proper Ac Power Connection Procedure

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Selecting the proper AC power connection procedure Note The Dell EMC Customer Engineer must select the proper AC power connection procedure. Table 3 on page 15 summarizes the three possible scenarios to connect customer AC power to the storage array.

  • Page 16: Procedure A: Working With The Customer's Electrician Onsite

    Use this procedure if the customer’s electrician is available at the installation site. This procedure requires three basic tasks that alternate between the customer's electrician, the Dell EMC CE and back to the customer's electrician. Task 1: Customer's electrician Task 2: Dell EMC Customer Engineer (CE)

  • Page 17: Procedure A, Task 1: Customer's Electrician

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Procedure A, Task 1: Customer's electrician NOTICE This task is performed by the customer's electrician. Procedure 1. Verify that the customer-supplied AC source voltage output on each customer- supplied PDU is within the AC power specification shown in AC power specifications on page 27.

  • Page 18: Procedure A, Task 2: Dell Emc Customer Engineer

    Procedure A, Task 2: Dell EMC Customer Engineer Before you begin Before connecting power to the system, make sure that the power for both zone A and zone B are turned OFF. This task is performed by the Dell EMC Customer Engineer. Procedure 1.

  • Page 19: Connecting Ac Power, Single-Phase, Powermax 8000

    Zone B Zone A AC input AC input cable B cable A Mating connector or Mating connector or customer-supplied cable customer-supplied cable Customer’s PDU 1 Customer’s PDU 2 Procedure A, Task 2: Dell EMC Customer Engineer...

  • Page 20: Power Zone Connections

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections NOTICE Do not connect storage bay power zone A and power zone B to the same customer-supplied PDU. The customer will lose power redundancy and risk Data Unavailability (DU) if the PDU fails or is turned off during a maintenance procedure.

  • Page 21: Procedure A, Task 3: Customer's Electrician

    This task is performed by the customer's electrician. Procedure 1. Working with the Dell EMC Customer Engineer, turn ON all the relevant circuit breakers in customer-supplied PDU 2. Verify that only power supply and/or SPS LEDs in power zone A are ON or flashing green in every bay in the array.

  • Page 22: Procedure B: Verify And Connect

    The customer's electrician is not available at the installation site. This procedure requires the Dell EMC Customer Engineer to verify that the customer's electrician has complied with power specifications. Once verified, the Dell EMC Customer Engineer makes the required power connections overhead or under the floor.

  • Page 23: Procedure C: Obtain Customer Verification

    PDU label part number Table 4 PDU label part number Part Number Description 046-001-750 LABEL: CUSTOMER 1P 3P PDU INFO WRITEABLE Table 5 PDU label location, Dell EMC racks Product Location PowerMax 2000 HERC OPEN ME FIRST KIT PN 106-887-306...

  • Page 24: Pdu Label Location, Third-Party Racks

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Table 6 PDU label location, third-party racks Product Location PowerMax 2000 HERC ENG 1 PBRICK 3RD PTY INSTALL KIT PN 106-887-303 PowerMax 8000 ENGINE 1 3RD PTY PBRICK ZEUS PN 106-887-268 Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...

  • Page 25: Applying Pdu Labels

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Applying PDU labels Procedure 1. For each bay, locate and complete each PDU label. Note For three-phase power, enter data only in the P1 column. 2. Place each label on the rear cabinet sidewall for side A and B. Figure 8 PDU label , single-phase and three-phase 3.

  • Page 26: Location Of Cabinet Ground Lugs

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Figure 9 Location of cabinet ground lugs CL4827 Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 with PowerMaxOS...

  • Page 27: Ac Power Specifications

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections AC power specifications Table 7 Input power requirements - Single-phase, North American, International, Australian Specification North American 3-wire International and connection Australian 3-wire (2 L & 1 G) connection (1 L & 1 N & 1 G) Input nominal voltage 200–240 VAC ±...

  • Page 28: Input Power Requirements - Three-Phase, North American, International, Australian

    Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections Table 8 Input power requirements - Three-phase, North American, International, Australian Specification North American 4-wire International 5-wire connection connection (3 L & 1 G) (3 L & 1 N & 1 G) Input voltage 200–240 VAC ±...

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