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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. Flores August 2010...
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) Contents Introduction ................................ 3 Section 1: 0U Mounting Locations .......................... 3 Supported Locations in the PowerEdge™ 4210 and 2410 ................ 3 Supported Locations in the PowerEdge™ 4820, 4220, and 2420 .............. 5 Section 2: 1U Mounting Locations .......................... 6 Mounting the KVM in the Front of the Rack .................... 6 ...
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Section 1: 0U Mounting Locations This section details the locations in the Dell PowerEdge rack enclosures where the KVMs can be installed, as shipped by Dell™. Please note the maximum ambient inlet temperature for the digital KVMs is 50 degrees C. In the event that your rack temperature exceeds this value at the air inlet of the KVM, mount the digital KVM in front of the rack (Section 2.1).
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.
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.
Mounting and Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ Digital KVM’s (1082DS, 2162DS, 4322DS) 3.1 Four Post Front of Rack Cabling Rack Installation Guide Follow the instructions contained in the 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.
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 Rack Installation Guide Follow the instructions contained in the to install the KVM flush mount into the two post rack.
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).
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.
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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.