Connect mounted floor asset in a power connection under the raised flo

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I'm trying to power up a IBM 3584 in a under the raised floor 8 positions power strip, but I'm not able to do so. I have 5 IBM 3584 frames powered by the same 8 positions power strip.

How can I do it?

PS: IBM 3584 does not accept a power strip on it like a rack does.

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Hello Pedro.

You are correct DCO does not support the ability to create an under-floor power strip. 

There are two methods I could recommend.

#1. Create an additional breaker panel on the PDU or RPP from which the underfloor power strip is fed.

I assume the 3584 devices are fed by three phase power? So in the parent PDU you could create a breaker panel with the name of the power strip. Assign at least 24 poles to the breaker panel to account for 8 three phase circuits. Then in the power dependency view of the 3584 device, you should be able to connect to the poles in the power strip breaker panel.

#2. Create a separate PDU/RPP which represents the power strip. Like option #1 you'd want to create a breaker panel in this PDU with enough positions to connect all of the devices. This PDU/RPP would be fed from the PDU which feeds the power strip, then you can connect each of the 3584 devices to the poles in the temp PDU.

Method #2 might work better for you if your power strip is monitored via DCE or other tool as you'd be able to associate the device to the asset. 

Regards

Greg Sterling

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Thank you, Greg!

For us the best option is #2, because we have power strip is monitored via DCE.

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