Table 71. Operational climatic range category A4 (continued)
Allowable continuous operations
Operational altitude derating Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 meters (1.8°F/410
feet) above 900 meters (2,953 feet)
Thermal restriction for ASHRAE A4 environment (UI)
• CPU TDP equal or greater than 155 W are not supported.
• 128 GB or greater capacity LRDIMMs are not supported.
• Redundant power supply configuration is required.
• Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards greater than Tier 5 are not supported.
• GPU card is not supported.
• OCP is not supported.
• H730/H740 Mini-PERC is not supported.
• PCIe SSD is not supported.
Shared requirements across all categories
Table 72. Shared requirements across all categories
Allowable operations
Maximum temperature gradient (applies to both operation and
nonoperation)
20°C in an hour* (36°F in an hour) and 5°C in 15 minutes (9°F in
15 minutes), 5°C in an hour* (9°F in an hour) for tape hardware
Nonoperational temperature limits -40°C-65°C (-40°F-149°F)
Nonoperational humidity limits 5% to 95% RH with 27°C (80.6°F) maximum dew point
Maximum nonoperational altitude 12,000 meters (39,370 feet)
Maximum operational altitude 3,048 meters (10,000 feet)
*: Per ASHRAE thermal guidelines, these are not instantaneous rates of temperature change.
Table 73. Temperature specifications
Temperature Specifications
Storage -40–65°C (-40–149°F)
Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m
or 3117 ft)
10–35°C (50–95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment
Fresh air For information about fresh air, see the Expanded operating temperature section.
Maximum temperature gradient (operating and
storage)
20°C/h (68°F/h)
Table 74. Relative humidity specifications
Relative humidity Specifications
Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point.
Atmosphere must be noncondensing at all times.
Operating 10% to 80% RH with 29°C (84.2°F) maximum dew point.
Table 75. Maximum vibration specifications
Maximum vibration Specifications
Operating 0.26 G
rms
at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations)
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