Air Flow; Table 6: Air Flow Color Legend - Mellanox Technologies SX6710 Hardware User Manual

For Safety Warnings in Turkish see Section E.12, "Montaj Güvenlik Uyarıları (Türkçe)," on
page 102.
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Air Flow

Mellanox systems are offered with two air flow patterns:
• Power (rear) side inlet to connector side outlet - marked with blue power supplies/fans-
FRUs' handles, as shown in Figure 5.
• Connector (front) side inlet to power side outlet - marked with red power supplies/fans
FRUs' handles, as shown in figure Figure 6.
Table 6 provides an air flow color legend and respective OPN designations.
Table 6 - Air Flow Color Legend
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All servers and systems in the same rack should be planned with the same airflow
direction.
All FRU components need to have the same air flow direction. A mismatch in the air
flow will affect the heat dissipation.
Direction
OPN
Designation
R Connector side inlet to power side outlet.
Red latches are placed on the power inlet
side.
F Power side inlet to connector side outlet.
Blue latches are placed on the power inlet
side.
Description
Installation