Dell EMC PowerMax Series Best Practices Manual

Dell EMC PowerMax Series Best Practices Manual

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Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices
Guide for AC Power Connections
PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000
Revision 6.0
April 2020

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  • Page 1 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000 Revision 6.0 April 2020...
  • Page 2 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, 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.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Procedure B: Verify and connect..............23 Procedure C: Obtain customer verification............24 PDU labels......................24 PDU label part number................. 24 Applying PDU labels................25 AC power specifications................... 26 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 4 Contents Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 5: Figures

    Connecting AC power, three-phase, PowerMax 2000, two dual-engine systems in a rack ............................21 Connecting AC power, three-phase, PowerMax 8000............21 PDU label , single-phase and three-phase................. 25 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 6 Figures Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 7 PDU label location, third-party racks................24 Input power requirements - Single-phase, North American, International, Australian ..26 Input power requirements - Three-phase, North American, International, Australian ..26 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 8 Tables Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 9: Preface

    Preface As part of an effort to improve its product lines, Dell EMC periodically releases revisions of its software and hardware. Functions that are described in this document may not be supported by all versions of the software or hardware. The product release notes provide the most up-to-date information about product features.
  • Page 10: Typographical Conventions Used In This Content

    Your comments Your suggestions help improve the accuracy, organization, and overall quality of the documentation. Send your comments and feedback to: VMAXContentFeedback@emc.com Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 11: Revision History

    May 2018 First release of the Dell EMC Best Practices Guide for AC Power May 2018 Connections for PowerMax 2000, 8000 with PowerMaxOS . Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 12 Preface Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 13: Best Practices Guide For Ac Power Connections

    Procedure A: Working with the customer's electrician onsite..........16 Procedure B: Verify and connect...................23 Procedure C: Obtain customer verification................24 labels..........................24 AC power specifications......................26 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 14: Best Practices Overview For Ac Power Connections

    Power feed 1 Circuit Circuit Circuit breakers - Numbers Circuit breakers - Numbers breakers breakers on (|) on (|) Customer’s Customer’s PDU 1 PDU 2 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 15: Selecting The Proper Ac Power Connection Procedure

    PDU page 24 source cables are already plugged into the PDU and you have no access to the customer- supplied power cables. Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 16: Procedure A: Working With The Customer's Electrician Onsite

    Dell EMC CE and back to the customer's electrician. Task 1: Customer's electrician Task 2: Dell EMC Customer Engineer (CE) Task 3: Customer's electrician Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 17: Procedure A, Task 1: Customer's Electrician

    PDU 1 breaker breaker off (0) off (0) Circuit breakers - Numbers Circuit breakers - Numbers Customer’s PDU 2 Labels on customer power lines Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 18: Procedure A, Task 2: Dell Emc Customer Engineer

    Source 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM (Rear View) (Rear View) Circuit Circuit Circuit Circuit Breakers Breakers Breakers Breakers Zone B Zone A Zone B Zone A Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 19: Line Cord Identification Label

    B. Place the labels close to the connectors that connect the line cords to the customer-supplied power cables. Figure 5 Line cord identification label Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 20: Connecting Ac Power, Single-Phase, Powermax 2000, Two Dual-Engine Systems In A Rack

    P1 P3 P5 P1 P3 P5 Mating connector or Mating connector or customer-supplied cable customer-supplied cable Customer’s PDU 1 Customer’s PDU 2 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 21: Connecting Ac Power, Three-Phase, Powermax 2000, Two Dual-Engine Systems In A Rack

    AC input line cord B line cord A Mating connector or Mating connector or customer-supplied cable customer-supplied cable Customer’s PDU 1 Customer’s PDU 2 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 22: 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 23: Procedure B: Verify And Connect

    5. Record the customer-supplied PDU information as described in Procedure A, Task 2. 6. Label the PDUs as described in Applying PDU labels on page 25. Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 24: Procedure C: Obtain Customer Verification

    PowerMax 8000 PN 106-887-026 Table 8 PDU label location, third-party racks Product Location PowerMax 2000 HERC ENG 1 PBRICK 3RD PTY INSTALL KIT PN 106-887-303 Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 25: Applying Pdu Labels

    A and B. Place the label close to the plug but on the side of the rack where it will not interfere with any rails. Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...
  • Page 26: Ac Power Specifications

    The customer's electrician must be alerted to this possible condition to balance the phase-by-phase loading conditions within the customer's data center. Dell EMC PowerMax Family Best Practices Guide for AC Power Connections PowerMax 2000 and PowerMax 8000...

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