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A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO SETTING UP THE DELL
POWEREDGE C8000
A Principled Technologies setup guide commissioned by Dell Inc.
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  • Page 1 A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO SETTING UP THE DELL POWEREDGE C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide commissioned by Dell Inc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Installing BMC cables ................7 Connecting Ethernet cables to management ports ......8 Installing network cables ..............10 Optional 40GbE PCI Express adapter card ........11 Connecting the C8000XD storage sled ..........12 PowerEdge C8000 weight considerations ........14 About Principled Technologies ............... 16...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    In this guide, we walk you through the simple process for setting up a full Dell PowerEdge C8000 chassis. We set up a full chassis in our own labs and also weighed various sled configurations to help you best determine what will work in your datacenter.

  • Page 4: Installing The Rails

    (Note: Refer to the Getting Started guide for additional installation details.) Figure 2: Rail and rack installation. http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/product/poweredge-c8000 A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 4...

  • Page 5: Installing The C8000 Chassis

    Re-insert the compute, storage, and power sleds. We recommend installing all chassis and sleds before beginning cable installation. Figure 3: Chassis installation. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 5...

  • Page 6: Installing Power Cables

    6. We recommend labeling power cables for quick identification in the future. 7. If the rack is not full, we recommend allowing space for future cabling. Figure 4: PDU installation. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 6...

  • Page 7: Installing Bmc Cables

    BMC management cable, you must open the sled and remove the hard drive carrier and tray. Figure 5 shows the BMC cable installed. Figure 5: BMC cable installation. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 7...

  • Page 8: Connecting Ethernet Cables To Management Ports

    Figure 6: Management port Ethernet cable installation. Figure 7: Rear BMC management port on chassis. Figure 8: Management port on compute sled. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 8...
  • Page 9 (see Figure 9). Figure 9: Using a cable lacing arm to bundle cables. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 9...

  • Page 10: Installing Network Cables

    Group cables by function for better serviceability. Figure 11: Ethernet cable installation with 1Gb NIC connectors. Figure 10: C8220, C8220X GPU and C8220X compute sleds. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 10...

  • Page 11: Optional 40Gbe Pci Express Adapter Card

    When using 40GbE network adapters, the two embedded 1Gb NIC connectors may be unnecessary and therefore not connected. Figure 12: Ethernet cable installation with 40GbE connectors. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 11...

  • Page 12: Connecting The C8000Xd Storage Sled

    The compute sleds connected to the other SAS connectors would not be able to access zone0 but instead access their dedicated zone drives. http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/product/poweredge-c8000 A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 12...
  • Page 13 Stretching cables across the chassis is messier and can restrict airflow. http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/19/product/poweredge-c8000 A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 13...

  • Page 14: Poweredge C8000 Weight Considerations

    Racks have weight limits, so it is important to know how much your solution will weigh when you add your Dell PowerEdge C8000 and sleds. Figure 16 shows the weights of the C8000 chassis and components as measured in our labs, which can help you estimate the weight of your configuration.
  • Page 15 37 pounds to the configuration we set up. Please note that our weight results differed slightly from the Dell Web site specifications, which list the rack at 335 pounds. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000...

  • Page 16: About Principled Technologies

    LIABILITY, INCLUDING FOR DIRECT DAMAGES, EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID IN CONNECTION WITH PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.’S TESTING. CUSTOMER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES ARE AS SET FORTH HEREIN. A quick and easy guide to setting up the Dell PowerEdge C8000 A Principled Technologies setup guide 16...

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