Chapter 2. D3 Chassis components
This section contains information about each of the D3 chassis components.
Chassis front view
The following illustrations show the front view of the chassis installed with nodes.
The ThinkSystem D3 Chassis can contain up to four 1U nodes or up to two 2U nodes.
Table 4. ThinkSystem V3 nodes supported in D3 Chassis
Intel
Important:
• For proper cooling, each node tray must be installed with either a node or node tray fillers before the
nodes in the chassis are powered on.
• The installation of nodes must follow the sequence of the tray numbering.
Four 1U nodes
For four 1U nodes: the two nodes in the right trays (
The following illustration shows the front view of the chassis and respective node trays in the chassis.
Figure 3. Chassis front view with four 1U nodes
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Node tray 3
1
Node tray 1
Two 1U nodes and one 2U node
For two 1U nodes and one 2U node:
1. One 2U node in the left tray and two upside-down 1U nodes in the right trays (
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1U nodes
SD530 V3, Types 7DD3 and 7DDA
(
https://pubs.lenovo.com/sd530-v3/)
2
and
4
4
Node tray 4
2
Node tray 2
2U nodes
SD550 V3, Types 7DD2 and 7DD9
(
https://pubs.lenovo.com/sd550-v3/)
) must be installed upside down.
2
/
4
).
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