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Oracle® Rack Universal Power Distribution Unit User's Guide

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Updated: May 2019
 
 

Install a HPDU In To an Oracle Rack Cabinet 1242

Install two HPDUs and two Vertical Power Strips (17KVA VPS) into the Oracle Rack Cabinet 1242.

  1. Unpack the HPDUs from the packaging and place them on a clean work table.
  2. Remove the brackets and screws from the HPDU mount shipping kit.
  3. Secure the left and right mounting brackets on the front of each HPDU using three M4 screws per bracket.
    image:Picture of HPDU mounting bracket with screws.
  4. Secure the mounting brackets with the cage nuts on the left and right RETMA rails at the back of the rack.
    1. Using your equipment rack alignment template, or other equipment documentation, locate the second and fifth rail holes from the bottom.

      Note -  Use the cage nut insertion tool in the ship kit to install the cage nuts in the rails.
    2. Align the cage nut with the square rail hole.
    3. Hook the side lip of the nut in the square rail hole.
    4. Insert the tip of the cage nut insertion tool through the rail hole, hook the other side lip of the cage nut, and lever the cage nut into place.
      image:Picture of securing HPDU mounting brackets with cage nuts                                     to RETMA rails.
  5. Install both HPDUs.
    1. Slide a HPDU on the bottom of the rack from the front until the bracket catches in the square rail hole on the left and right sides of the rack.
    2. Verify that the HPDU slot engages the pin on the rear bracket.
    3. Slide the second HPDU on top of the first HPDU until it catches in the square rail hole on the left and right sides of the rack.
    4. Verify that the slot of the second HPDU engages the pin on the rear bracket.
      image:Picture of sliding both PDUs in place with pins engaged in                                     brackets.
  6. In the VPS shipping kit, remove the brackets and the screws and install the VPS using the Torx T25 screwdriver.
    1. From the back of the cabinet, secure the top left bracket (7364703) with the stud facing the front of the rack, and the right-angle flange faces the left side of the rack, the first and third hole of the center row of holes.
    2. From the back of the cabinet, secure the bottom left bracket (7364704) with the stud facing the front of the rack, and the right-angle flange faces the left side of the rack, the first and third hole of the center row of holes.
    3. From the back of the cabinet, secure the top right bracket (7364703) with the stud facing the front of the rack, and the right-angle flange faces the right side of the rack, the first and third hole of the center row of holes, the first and third hole of the center row of holes.
    4. From the back of the cabinet, secure the bottom right bracket (7364704) with the stud facing the front of the rack, and the right-angle flange faces the right side of the rack, starting in the first hole of the center row of holes.
      image:Picture of securing the VPS bracket and flange to the back                                     of the rack.
  7. Install both VPS's.
    1. At the back of the rack, with the PDU power cable at the bottom of the VPS, which faces the front of the rack, on the left side, align the slots at the top and bottom of the VPS with the M6 studs.
    2. Slide the VPS into place, and using the M10 nut driver, secure the VPS with the M6 hex nuts.
    3. Snake the HPDU power cable down and forward toward the bottom HPDU, and loop the cable to the back of the rack.
      image:Picture of snaking VPS power cable in Oracle 1242                                     rack.
    4. Slide the cable into the output connector, and secure it with M4 screws using a #2 Philips screwdriver, and torque to 15 in-lbs (1.7 Nm).
    5. Repeat Steps 7a-d to install the other VPS on the right side and connect it to the top HPDU.
      image:Picture of VPS mounted on top rear of the Cloud II                                     Rack.

    Note -  For a 34KVA installation, connect the left VPS lower power cable to the HDPU1 connector, the left VPS upper power cable to the HPDU2 connector, the right VPS lower power cable to the HPDU3 connector, and the right VPS upper power cable to the HPDU4 connector.