Dell EMC NX3240 - Page 33

• 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 qualied 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 conguration required for ecient cooling.
Table 28. Thermal restrictions conguration
Conguration 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 congurations 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. Conguration 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
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