Table1.ASHRAEclassA2,classA3,andclassBspecifications
ASHRAEclassA2ASHRAEclassA3ASHRAEclassB
Airtemperature
(operating)
10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)5°Cto40°C(41°Fto104°F)5°Cto35°C(41°Fto95°F)
Airtemperature
(storage)
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
Humidity(operating)
20%to80%
(non-condensing)
8%to85%
(non-condensing)
8%to80%
(non-condensing)
Humidity(storage)
10%to90%
(non-condensing)
10%to90%
(non-condensing)
10%to90%
(non-condensing)
Altitude
0mto3048m(0ftto10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment
Note:Whenthealtitudeexceeds900m(2953ft),thedefinedmaximumdry-bulb
temperatureforoperationbecomesadependentvariable.
A2:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery300m(984ft)of
altitudeincrease.
A3:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery175m(574ft)of
altitudeincrease.
B:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery300m(984ft)ofaltitude
increase.
Note:Ensurethattheambienttemperaturedoesnotexceed35°C(95°F)andallsystemfansareworking
properly.Ifasystemfanfails,turnofftheserverimmediatelyandreplacethesystemfanassoonaspossible
toavoidsystemfailureordataloss.Toreplaceasystemfan,referto“Frontsystemfan”onpage90
and
“Rearsystemfan”onpage92.
Softwareprograms
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.
Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoruserguideoftheprogram.
ThinkServerEasyStartup
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
andLinux
®
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogram
workswithyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstalling
theoperatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage45.
LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner
TheLenovoThinkserverPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.
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