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1.7.3 Statement of Volatility
1.8
Shock and Vibration Test Report
When shipping the Vantage 8500 switch in a rack, carefully follow the rail kit installation instruc-
tions, See “Assembling and Mounting the Rails” on page 45..
The following tables detail the shock and vibration test reports, compliant with shipping in a rack
requirements.
Some of the unit's non-volatile memory components such as Serial EEPROM, CPLD,
FLASH, and GDX are burned at the factory.
In addition, the Vantage 8500 system contains DDR-SDRAM, SSRAM, and FPGA
used as CPU attached volatile memory, cache memory elements, and programmable
logic. Data contained in those components clears 15 minutes after the system is pow-
ered OFF.
None of the modules contain user or site-specific data except for the sMBE. For more
details, please refer to the Mellanox Statement of Volatility document for the Vantage
8500 Switch.
Flash on the sMBE:
The sMBE contains a Flash device (part of the PrPMC440), which contains the operat-
ing system and software utility files.
The part is either programmable or erasable using a Linux OS and contains user data
Module IP address (the IP address should be configured through system CLI).
Please refer to the Statement of Volatility for the Mellanox Vantage 8500 Switch.
The Vantage 8500 switch is vulnerable to shock and vibration if the rail kit
installation instructions are not followed precisely.
Table 8 - Axes (X,Y,Z) Vibration Test for Transportation without a Rack
Parameter
Result
Frequency range
5-300 Hz
Vibration level
Z axis, 1.03g RMS
X,Y axis 0.698g RMS
Vibration test for each axis
60 minutes
Frequency range
5-500 Hz
Vibration level
0.1G peak
Vibration level
0.1G peak
Vibration Level
Z axis, 5g peak
Shock test for Z axis
3 shocks, 10ms duration each shock
