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Compaq Power Distribution Unit Information Guide

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ECG045/0299

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Compaq Power Distribution Unit Information Guide
White Paper prepared by ECG Technology Communications Group

First Edition (August 1999)
Document Number ECG045/0299

Summary of Contents for 295363-001

Page 1: ...lication 10 Tiered PDU Configuration 10 Power Supply Redundancy 11 Tips for Better Reliability 12 Questions and Answers 13 Compaq Power Distribution Unit Information Guide The new Compaq Power Distrib...

Page 2: ...r registered trademarks of their respective companies Compaq Contura Deskpro Fastart Compaq Insight Manager LTE PageMarq Systempro Systempro LT ProLiant TwinTray ROMPaq LicensePaq QVision SLT ProLinea...

Page 3: ...ical current measured in amperes and referred to as an electrical load generated from all connected devices can often consume more power than typically provided from a standard prong 15A commercial wa...

Page 4: ...r distribution requirements of the Compaq rack environment The High Voltage PDU utilizes IEC320 C 10 output connectors whereas the input is provided by a 16A IEC320 C19 inlet connector to link the AC...

Page 5: ...V for rack mountable servers and protects to 50 000A per unit supporting electrical power distribution requirements of the Compaq rack environment This High Voltage PDU utilizes IEC320 C 10 output con...

Page 6: ...protection and feature 50 000A of surge current clamping at 180 volts This PDU model provides up to 24A of alternating current capacity to support demanding power distribution requirements of the Com...

Page 7: ...critical servers and other equipment The Compaq PDU is hooked into the frame members and secured with two screws With the preservation of rack space the Compaq PDU facilitates the consolidation of pow...

Page 8: ...is single point of connection simplifies cable management and routing to minimize the risk of inadvertent plug removal The customer can connect up to 12 power cords to the IEC 320 Power Distribution U...

Page 9: ...equipped with four 10A output circuit breakers and four 20A input slow blow fuses with each protecting three output receptacles Figure 7 Compaq Power Distribution Unit s Circuit Breaker Compaq Power D...

Page 10: ...second Compaq PDU to provide an additional twelve power connections with continued power surge protection Even when two Power Distribution Units are installed into a rack environment the zero U space...

Page 11: ...ility Simply install a second UPS into the rack environment to ensure enhanced power protection and connect each PDU to their own individual UPS In this configuration if one UPS goes down a second pow...

Page 12: ...aged as part of load segment three Figure 10 depicts the Low Voltage PDU operating with the R3000 UPS Figure 10 Compaq Low Voltage PDU connected to load segment three of the R3000 UPS Tips for Better...

Page 13: ...plugged into a Compaq Power Distribution Unit Q I have utilized all 12 AC receptacles on my Compaq Power Distribution Unit what option do I have to create additional power receptacles A Simply add a s...

Page 14: ...ltage PDU or another Low Voltage PDU with a second Uninterruptible Power System to the rack configuration Plug each PDU into a separate UPS and then each UPS into individual power supplies Q I am unsu...

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