Thermal Management; Thermal Operation And Configuration Requirements - Intel R2000LT2 Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server System R2000LH2/T2 Product Family TPS
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Thermal Management

The fully integrated system is designed to operate at external ambient temperatures of between
10ºC and 35ºC with limited excursion based operation up to 45ºC, which is outlined in Figure 3.
Chassis Dimensions.
Working with integrated platform management, several features within the system are designed
to move air in a front to back direction, through the system and over critical components in order
to prevent them from overheating and allow the system to operate with best performance.
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The Intel Server System R2000LH2 and Intel
support short-term, excursion-based, operation up to 45°C (ASHRAE A4) with limited
performance impact. The configuration requirements and limitations are described in the
configuration matrix found in the Intel
Thermal Configuration Tool, available at http://www.intel.com/support.
The installation and functionality of several system components are used to maintain system
thermals. They include 11 managed 40x56mm a dual rotor hot swap system fans, one
integrated 40mm fan for each installed power supply module, an air duct, populated hard drive
carriers, and installed CPU heats sinks. The hard drive carriers can be populated with a hard
drive or supplied drive blank. In addition, it may be necessary to have specific DIMM slots
populated with DIMMs or supplied DIMM blanks.
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Thermal Operation and Configuration Requirements

To keep the system operating within supported maximum thermal limits, the system meets the
following operating and configuration guidelines:
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The system operating ambient is designed for sustained operation up to 35ºC (ASHRAE
Class A2) with short term excursion based operation up to 45ºC (ASHRAE Class A4).
- The system can operate up to 40ºC (ASHRAE Class A3) for up to 900 hours per
year.
- The system can operate up to 45ºC (ASHRAE Class A4) for up to 90 hours per year.
System performance may be impacted when operating within the extended operating
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temperature range.
There is no long term system reliability impact when operating at the extended
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temperature range within the approved limits.
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Specific configuration requirements and limitations are documented in the configuration
matrix found in the Intel
Configuration Tool, available at http://www.intel.com/support.
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The CPU-1 processor and CPU heat sink must be installed first. The CPU-2, CPU-3,
and CPU-4 heat sinks must be installed at all times, with or without a processor installed.
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Memory Slot population requirements:
NOTE: Specified memory slots can be populated with a DIMM or supplied DIMM Blank.
Memory population rules apply when installing DIMMs.
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