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Chapter 1. Introduction
The IBM
®
Distributed Power Interconnect 100-127V Rack Power Distribution Unit
(PDU) comes with a fixed power cord and enables you to connect up to six devices to
a single dedicated power source. The Universal Rack PDU comes with a country or
region-specific power cord and enables you to connect up to seven devices to a single
dedicated power source, such as an electrical outlet, a Front-end PDU, or an
uninterruptible power supply.
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The 100-127V and Universal Rack PDUs have a green LED to indicate when power is
supplied to the outlets. The LED lights when the Rack PDU is connected to a power
source and the circuit breaker is in the On position.
Note:
The illustrations in this documentation might differ slightly from your hardware.
You can install PDUs vertically in the side of a rack cabinet, or horizontally within 1U
of
EIA mounting space in a rack cabinet. The mounting hardware that comes with this
option enables you to install two PDUs beside each other in the same mounting space
within a rack cabinet.
The following parts come with your Rack PDU:
•
100-127V Rack PDU with fixed power cord OR Universal Rack PDU with a
country or region-specific power cord
Notes:
1.
In the United States, the Universal Rack PDU comes with both a low-voltage
and a high-voltage power cord.
2.
Universal Rack PDUs also come with one IEC 320-C19 to IEC 320-C20
power cable for connecting the Rack PDU to a Front-end PDU.
•
One small vertical-mounting plate
. One U is equal to 4.45 cm (1.75 in.)
100-127V Rack PDU
Universal Rack PDU
