Dell EMC S5148F switch ports.......................................................................................... 16
Front-end switches........................................................................................................... 16
Back-end switches.............................................................................................................17
Connections between front-end and back-end switches within an EX-Series rack............19
Back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks....................................................19
Front-end switch connections to customer switches (example)....................................... 20
EX500 minimum and maximum configurations.................................................................. 24
EX500 server physical dimensions.................................................................................... 27
EX500 server chassis front view ......................................................................................29
Left control panel .............................................................................................................29
Status LEDs decoded view................................................................................................30
Right control panel............................................................................................................30
EX500 server chassis back view ....................................................................................... 31
EX500 disk drive in carrier................................................................................................ 32
EX500 Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram .........................................................................37
EX500 Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram................................................................. 38
EX500 Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram.................................................................. 40
Fox switch iDRAC ports.....................................................................................................41
iDRAC cabling................................................................................................................... 42
Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX500 node....................................... 44
Node ports on front-end switches.................................................................................... 45
Network cable and labeling............................................................................................... 45
Node ports on back-end switches.....................................................................................46
EX500 node network port cabling connections................................................................. 47
EX500 node network cable labeling.................................................................................. 48
EX500 network cabling.....................................................................................................49
Linear or Daisy Chain topology..........................................................................................50
Split-brain topology.......................................................................................................... 50
Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between EX Series racks... 51
Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between an EX-Series rack
and a Gen2 U-Series, D-Series, or C-Series rack...............................................................51
Ring topology....................................................................................................................52
Inter-rack switch connectivity - ring topology.................................................................. 52
Star topology.................................................................................................................... 53
Inter-rack switch connectivity - star topology.................................................................. 53
EX300 minimum and maximum configurations.................................................................. 58
EX300 server physical dimensions.................................................................................... 62
EX300 server chassis front view ...................................................................................... 62
Left control panel .............................................................................................................63
Status LEDs decoded view................................................................................................63
Right control panel............................................................................................................64
EX300 server chassis rear view ........................................................................................64
EX300 disk drive in carrier................................................................................................ 66
EX300 single-phase AC power cabling .............................................................................69
ECSv3 740xd Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram .............................................................. 70
Three-phase Delta AC power cabling ................................................................................ 71
ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram.......................................................72
Three-phase WYE AC power cabling ................................................................................ 73
ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram........................................................74
Fox switch iDRAC ports.................................................................................................... 75
iDRAC cabling................................................................................................................... 76
Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX300 node....................................... 78
Node ports on front-end switches.....................................................................................79
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