Apr 13, 2024
New rack considerations – Introduction to Power E1080
1.7.1 New rack considerations
Consider the following points when racks are ordered:
Ê The new IBM Enterprise 42U Slim Rack 7965-S42 offers 42 EIA units (U) of space in a slim footprint.
Ê The 7014-T42, 7014-T00, and 7965-94Y racks are no longer available to purchase with a Power E1080 server. Installing a Power E1080 server in these racks is still supported.
Vertical PDUs: All PDUs that are installed in a rack that contains a Power E1080 server must be installed horizontally to allow for cable routing in the sides of the rack.
1.7.2 IBM Enterprise 42U Slim Rack 7965-S42
The 2.0-meter (79-inch) Model 7965-S42 is compatible with past and present IBM Power servers and provides an excellent 19-inch rack enclosure for your data center. Its 600 mm (23.6 in.) width combined with its 1100 mm (43.3 in.) depth plus its 42 EIA enclosure capacity provides great footprint efficiency for your systems. It can be placed easily on standard
24-inch floor tiles.
Compared to the 7965-94Y Slim Rack, the Enterprise Slim Rack provides extra strength and shipping and installation flexibility.
The 7965-S42 rack includes space for up to four PDUs in side pockets. Extra PDUs beyond four are mounted horizontally and each uses 1U of rack space.
The Enterprise Slim Rack front door, which can be Basic Black/Flat (#ECRM) or High-End appearance (#ECRT) has perforated steel, which provides ventilation, physical security, and visibility of indicator lights in the installed equipment within.
34 IBM Power E1080: Technical Overview and Introduction
Standard is a lock that is identical to the locks in the rear doors. The door (#ECRG) can be hinged on the left or right side.
In addition to the #ECRT door, you can order the #ECRF high-end appearance door (Figure 1-11)
Figure 1-11 The #ECRF and the #ECRT rack doors.
Orientation: #ECRT must not be flipped because the IBM logo would be upside down.
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