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Dell PowerStore Planning Guide

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Rack space guidelines

Consider the following rack space guidelines when planning the location of the appliance components:

  • Leave 2U at the bottom of the rack for serviceability and power cable management.
  • Stack base enclosure with no expansion enclosures from the bottom, starting at the 3U mark.
  • Stack base enclosure in order from least attached expansion enclosures to most, then from most drives to least drives.
  • Stack the expansion enclosure attached to the first base enclosure directly above the base enclosure.
  • Subsequent base enclosures are stacked in alternating, flipped order.

See Rack Space Planning Worksheets to view a sample rack space plan and then use the blank worksheet to plan for the appliances in your cluster.

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