IBM ESS 3000, Hardware Planning And Installation Manual

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Table 12. Clearances
Location Additional space requirements Reason
Left and right sides 50 mm (2 in.) Cooling air flow
Back Minimum: 100 mm (4 in.) Cable exit
Supported drives
Table 13 on page 33 provides drive specifications for your Elastic Storage System 3000 system.
Table 13. Drive specifications
Model and type
2.5-inch drives
Elastic Storage System 3000 with 24 2.5-inch drive
slots
24 dual port NVMe drives (1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
15.36 TB)
Acoustical declaration with noise hazard notice
Figure 13 on page 34 indicates the declared noise emissions values in accordance with ISO 9296.
SSRs must be enrolled in a hearing conservation program and use hearing protection when servicing the
system.
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