IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

Power cord routing and retention
Proper power cord routing and retention ensures that your system remains connected to a power supply.
The primary purpose of power cord retention is to prevent unexpected power loss to your system that
could potentially cause system operations to stop functioning.
Different types of power cord retention are available. Some of the most commonly used types of retention
include:
v Cable management arms
v Rings
Rack(BackView)
CableLanes
Interior
Exterior
Power
I/OBus
Disk/Storage
Customer
application
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Figure 54. Cable management bridge lances
Figure 55. Cable bend radius
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IBM Power Systems Series Specifications

General

Virtualization	PowerVM
Architecture	POWER
Operating System	AIX, IBM i, Linux
Use Case	Enterprise workloads, cloud
Form Factor	Rack-mount
I/O	PCIe
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies available
Management	HMC (Hardware Management Console)
Processor	IBM POWER processors (POWER9, POWER10, etc.)
Storage	Supports various storage options including SSDs and HDDs