Power Supply Connectors in Sun Racks

From: Cross, Richard (Richard.Cross@xspedius.com)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2006 - 11:52:08 EDT


I have a Sun Rack, P/N 570-1758. The Rack has two feeder circuits with
breakers for the whole rack, one front and one rear. Each feeder circuit
is on a different circuit in our Data Center for redundancy. The rear
feeder circuit provides power to all of the plugs on the right side of
the rack. The front feeder circuit provides power to all of plugs on the
left.

Problem:

        We recently purchased 6 x V240s and 2 x V440s. All of the
designs have their power supply connectors on the Left Side. The V240s
require the power to come from the right side of the rack while V440s
take power from the left side via the power management system. So, in
order for me to get redundant power to each server, I need to re-wire
the Rack. My questions are:

        1) Is there a quick solution to re-wire the rack other than
re-pulling the wires?
        2) How many Systems Admins really worry about this and perform
these procedures?

Thanks,
Richard Cross
Sr Unix Admin/Team Lead
Xspedius Communications
(703)386-2432
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