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Cable Routing Procedures for the Dell PowerEdge R520 System

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6.

Extend the system out of the rack to verify that there is sufficient slack in the cables on both ends

of the CMA.

See Figure 6 for an example of a completed left-side mounted CMA installation.

Left-side mounted CMA installation (preferred)

Figure 6.

1.3.3.

Right-side mounting instructions

Install the CMA on the rear right side of the rails by attaching both CMA housings to the attachment

brackets on the rails.

The remaining steps are the same as for left-side mounting as described in

Section 1.3.2.

See Figure 7 for an example of a completed right-side mounted CMA installation.

Right-side mounted CMA installation (CMA shown in service position)

Figure 7.

Section	Page
Introduction	4
Section 1: Cabling a PowerEdge R520 system with a CMA	4
1.1. Connecting the cables to the system	4
1.2. Routing the power cables through the strain reliefs	5
1.3. Installing the CMA	5
1.3.1. Installing the inner CMA attachment bracket	5
1.3.2. Left-side mounting instructions	6
1.3.3. Right-side mounting instructions	7
Section 2: Replacing a hot swap power supply on a PowerEdge R520 system with a CMA	8
2.	8
2.1. Replacing a hot swap power supply with a left-side mounted CMA	8
2.2. Replacing a hot swap power supply with a right-side mounted CMA	8
Section 3: Cabling a PowerEdge R520 system on sliding rails without a CMA	10
3.	10
3.1. Routing the cables	10
3.2. Removing the outer CMA brackets for shallow racks	10

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Right-side mounting instructions

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