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Power Distribution Units

The server room has 2 main power distribution units (PDU), named "A" and "B". Each PDU has a left and right side (I think) and the cables proceeding from each are labelled with "L" for left and "R" for right, leading to a naming scheme for the cables that approximates the following:

<PDU-name><PDU-side><extra-identification-info>

Our racks are powered from the following cables:

  • AR31
  • A-R-28-30
  • BL331
  • BR222**
  • others ... non-GN and non-Octopus connections were not verified

**The BR222 connections were difficult to follow though I do have high confidence regarding them, since there were not many connections going in the same direction.**

Devices Connections

The power connections were considered from left-to-right while facing the back of the racks/servers.

tux 01 ...

tux02 and tux03 have IEC C20 connectors. tux02 has 2 power supplies, but only one had a cable, that was connected to BR222.

tux03 has two power supplies, but both are connected to AR31. Neither can be moved in the meantime without some sort of IEC adapter -- from what I can tell, we probably need a C14/C19 adapter (or failing that, a C13/C20 adapter).

The power supplies on tux04 were both, initially connected to AR31. I moved the cable for the power supply on the right to BL331.

The power supplies on tux05 were both, initially connected to BL331. I moved the cable on the right to AR31.

tux06, tux07, tux08 and tux09 all had their left power supplies come from an extension that was ultimately connected to the A-R-28-30 cable from PDU "A". The right power supplies came from BL331.

Octopus[01..11] are all single PSU (power-supply unit) devices. They have no redundancy. Same for Bacchus.

Space is connected to AR31 (left) and BR222 (right).

Penguin had both PSUs connected to BR222 initially. I switched the right PSU to A-R-28-30.

Lambda is unique, being the only device with 4 power supply terminals. In order, from left to right, they were connected to A-R-28-30, A-R-28-30, BL331, and BL331.

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