Dell EMC NX3240 Installation And Service Manual page 33

• 150 W/8 core, 165 W/12 core and higher wattage processor [Thermal Design Power (TDP)>165 W] are not supported.
• Redundant power supply unit is required.
• Non-Dell EMC qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported.
• Mid drive tray is not supported.
• Rear storage devices or drives are not supported.
• Tape backup unit is not supported.
Identifier
Status
Thermal restrictions
The following table lists the configuration required for efficient cooling.
Table 28. Thermal restrictions configuration
Configuration Number of
processors
NX3240 system 1
with mid bay
NX3240 system 2
with mid bay
Identifier
Status
Ambient temperature limitations
The following table lists configurations that require ambient temperature less than 35°C.
NOTE: The ambient temperature limit must be adhered to ensure proper cooling and to avoid excess CPU throttling, which may
impact system performance.
Table 29. Configuration based ambient temperature restrictions
System Backplane
NX3240 system 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/
SATA + 4 x 3.5-inch
+ 2 x 3.5-inch
GUID-6F491CE4-BBA8-4409-836A-CDB7AFC218AE
Released
Heatsink
One 1U high performance
heat sink
Two 1U high performance
heat sink
GUID-AC43C33F-4642-434E-9CD2-CC774E19671D
Released
CPU Thermal
Design Power
(TDP)
150 W/8 core, 165
W/12 core, 200 W,
205 W
Processor/DIMM DIMM
blank blanks
Required Required
Not required Required
CPU heat sink
1U high performance High performance
Type of air
shroud
Not required
Not required
Fan type Ambient restriction
25°C
fan
Technical specifications
Fan
Six high
performance
fans
Six high
performance
fans
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