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Power, thermal, and acoustics
Power supply units
The PowerEdge R340 power supply subsystem consists of one or two AC power supplies (1+1 redundant conguration only supports
a 51.3mm PSU). The power supply provides +12V and +12Vaux for non-redundant and redundant design. There are several voltage
regulators in the system to supply dierent voltage levels needed by dierent logic devices. The redundant power supplies are
managed through a PMBus interface.
The following table shows the power eciency of the power supply units:
Table 7. Power supply eciency
Form factor Output Class Eciency targets by load
10% 20% 50% 100%
Redundant
PSU
350W Platinum 82.0% 90.0% 94.0% 91.0%
The following table shows the technical specications of the power supply:
Table 8. Power supply specications
PSU Class Heat
dissipation
(maximum)
Frequency Voltage AC Current
High line
100-240V
Low line
100-120V
350 W
AC
Platinum 1340 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100-240 V AC,
autoranging
350 W NA 4.8 A-2.4 A
550 W
AC
Platinum 2107 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100-240 V AC,
autoranging
550 W NA 3.7 A-7.4 A
Thermal
The thermal design of the PowerEdge R340 reects the following:
Feature
Description
Optimized thermal design
• The system layout is architected for optimum thermal
design i.e. system component placement and layout are
designed to provide maximum airow coverage to critical
components with minimum expense of fan power.
• Custom heat sink designs for CPU, chipset for optimum
component cooling.
Comprehensive thermal
management
The power required to cool a server can contribute a
signicant amount to the overall system power. Thermal
control is the active management of system cooling through
fan speed and system power management to make sure that
the system is reliable while minimizing system fan power
consumption, airow, and system acoustic output.
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