Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) A Dell™ Technical White Paper Dell™ │ Datacenter Infrastructure Engineering By Daniel Whittaker and Jose L.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. For more information, contact Dell.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Section 1: 0U Mounting Locations ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Supported Locations in the PowerEdge™ 4210 and 2410 ......................
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Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Introduction This white paper covers recommended mounting and cable routing procedures for Dell™ Digital KVMs (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) in the following rack enclosures: PowerEdge™ 4210 PowerEdge 2410 PowerEdge 4820 PowerEdge 4220 PowerEdge 2420 The adjustment range for the rails provided with the digital KVMs for third party racks is shown in Table 1.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Please note that installation of the KVM where the ports face the ground is an unsupported orientation, and can cause damage to the KVM. See Figures 1 and 2 for the supported locations to mount the Digital KVM in the aforementioned racks.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Figure 2: KVM Mounted on Horizontal Member PowerEdge 4210 Horizontal PowerEdge 2410 Horizontal 1.2 Supported Locations in the PowerEdge 4820, 4220, and 2420 The PowerEdge 4820, 4220, and 2420 support mounting the KVM to the vertical members of the rack.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Figure 3: KVM Mounted on Vertical Member PowerEdge 4220 Vertical Top PowerEdge 2420 Vertical Section 2: 1U Mounting Locations 1U mounting is supported in all Dell racks. The rail kit provided with the KVMs installs without tools into four post square and unthreaded round hole racks. Tools will be needed for mounting in four post threaded hole or two post racks. 2.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) 3.1 Four Post Front of Rack Cabling Follow the instructions contained in the Rack Installation Guide to install the KVM into the front of the rack. Once installed, use these instructions to install the cables. All illustrations in the following sections were created using the Dell KVM 4322DS. 3.1.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Figure 5: Four Post Rack: Routing Power and Data Cables 3.2 Two Post Flush Mount Cabling Follow the instructions contained in the Rack Installation Guide to install the KVM flush mount into the two post rack. Once installed, use these instructions to install the cables. All illustrations in the following sections were created using the Dell KVM 4322DS. 3.2.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Figure 7: Two Post Rack: System and Cables Installed 3.2.2 Routing the Power Cables and Data Cables 1.) After you have installed cables, route the power cables to one side, using hook and loop straps or tie downs to hold the cables (user supplied). See Figure 8. 2.) Route the data cables to the other side using hook and loop straps or tie downs to hold the cables (user supplied). See Figure 8. 3.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Figure 9: Two Post Rack: Routing Power and Data Cables (Optional Tie) Section 4: KVM Resolution Information 4.1 Dell KVM Resolution by Model Table 2 below shows the resolutions supported by Dell KVM model. The local port is the video port on the back of the KVM that plugs into a monitor. The digitizer is the video sent over IP.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) 4.2 Server Interface Pod Matrix Tables 3 & 4 below show information about Dell Server Interface Pods (SIPs). If the table shows the EDID resolution is hardcoded, the maximum resolution the SIP reports to the OS cannot be changed from 1024x768 for the Local Port.
