Chapter 4
System Specifications
Environmental Requirements
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Environmental Requirements
This section provides the environmental, power dissipation, noise emission, and air flow specifications.
Temperature and Humidity Specifications
Power Dissipation
Table 4-15 and Table 4-16 show the power requirements by configuration (i.e. number of cell boards, amount 
of memory per cell, and number of I/O chassis) for the hp Integrity Superdome and the hp 9000 Superdome, 
respectively. 
There are two columns of power numbers (Watts). The Power Breaker column shows the power used to size 
the wall breaker at the installation site. The Typical Power column shows typical power. Typical power 
numbers may be used to assess average utility cost of cooling and electrical power. These tables also show the 
recommended breaker sizes for 4-wire and 5-wire sources
Table 4-13 Controlled Computer Room Environment Specifications
Temperature (dry bulb 
ο
C)
a
a. Dry bulb temperature is the regular ambient temperature. Derate maximum dry bulb temperature 
1°C/300 m above 900 m. 
Relative Humidity %; 
Noncondensing
Dew Point
b
b. Must be noncondensing environment. 
Rate of Chg 
(°C/hr, max)
Allowable
c,d
c. With installed media, the minimum temperature is 10°C and maximum relative humidity is 
limited to 80%. Specific media requirements may vary. 
d. Allowable: equipment design extremes as measured at the equipment inlet. 
Recommended
e
e. Recommended: target facility design and operational range. 
Allowable
d
Recommended
e
15 - 32
(59
ο
 to 90
ο
 F)
20 - 25
(68
ο
 to 77
ο
 F)
20 - 80 40 - 55 17 5
Table 4-14 Power-Off Storage and Shipping Requirements
Storage Powered Off (installed)
Temp (°C, dry 
bulb - regular 
ambient temp.)
Rel Hum %; 
Non-condensing
Dew point 
(max)
Temp (°C, dry 
bulb - regular 
ambient temp.)
Rel Hum %; 
Non-condensing
Dew point 
(max)
-40 - 60 8 - 90 32  5 - 45 8 - 90 29