•
150 W/8 core, 165 W/12 core and higher wattage processor [Thermal Design Power (TDP)>165 W] are not supported.
•
Redundant power supply unit is required.
•
Non-Dell EMC qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported.
•
Mid drive tray is not supported.
•
Rear storage devices or drives are not supported.
•
Tape backup unit is not supported.
Identifier
GUID-6F491CE4-BBA8-4409-836A-CDB7AFC218AE
Status
Released
Thermal restrictions
The following table lists the configuration required for efficient cooling.
Table 28. Thermal restrictions configuration
Configuration
Number of
processors
Heatsink
Processor/DIMM
blank
DIMM
blanks
Type of air
shroud
Fan
NX3240 system
with mid bay
1
One 1U high performance
heat sink
Required
Required
Not required
Six high
performance
fans
NX3240 system
with mid bay
2
Two 1U high performance
heat sink
Not required
Required
Not required
Six high
performance
fans
Identifier
GUID-AC43C33F-4642-434E-9CD2-CC774E19671D
Status
Released
Ambient temperature limitations
The following table lists configurations that require ambient temperature less than 35°C.
NOTE:
The ambient temperature limit must be adhered to ensure proper cooling and to avoid excess CPU throttling, which may
impact system performance.
Table 29. Configuration based ambient temperature restrictions
System
Backplane
CPU Thermal
Design Power
(TDP)
CPU heat sink
Fan type
Ambient restriction
NX3240 system
12 x 3.5-inch SAS/
SATA + 4 x 3.5-inch
+ 2 x 3.5-inch
150 W/8 core, 165
W/12 core, 200 W,
205 W
1U high performance High performance
fan
25°C
Technical specifications
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