Technical Guide

Table 51. 8 x 3.5-inch drive configuration
Standard Operating Support
(ASHRAE A2 compliant)
NOTE: All options supported unless
otherwise noted.
Extended ambient 40° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A3 compliant)
Extended ambient 45° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A4 compliant)
○ Broadcom OCP 3.0 QP 25G
SFP28
○ Broadcom PCIe QP 25G
○ NVIDIA CX6-LX PCIe Dual Port
25G SFP28 at slot 6
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards not
supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W not
supported. For example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate > 25G or cooling
tier>10 is not supported.
● Optic cable with spec 85C is
required.
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure.
● BOSS M.2 module not supported.
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards are
not supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W. For
example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate >25G or cooling
tier > 10 not supported.
● Optic cable with spec 85C is
required.
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure.
Table 52. 8 x 2.5-inch, 16 x 2.5-inch, 24 x 2.5-inch drive configuration
Standard Operating Support
(ASHRAE A2 compliant)
Extended ambient 40° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A3 compliant)
Extended ambient 45° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A4 compliant)
● 4x STD fans support only processor
with TDP<=185W
● With STD fans, the following OCP
3.0 and NIC support only optic cable
with thermal Spec 85C and power
<=1.2 W
○ Broadcom OCP 3.0 QP 25G
SFP28
○ Broadcom PCIe QP 25G
○ NVIDIA CX6-LX PCIe Dual Port
25G SFP28 at slot 6
● 4x STD fans configurations not
supported.
● 8x STD fans configurations with CPU
TDP > 120 W is not supported.
● TBU not supported.
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards are
not supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W not
supported. For example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate > 25G or cooling
tier > 10 not supported.
● Optic cable with spec 85C is
required.
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure.
● STD fans configurations are not
supported.
● 4x HPR fans configurations with
processor TDP > 165 W are not
supported.
● TBU not supported.
● BOSS M.2 module is not supported.
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards are
not supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W. For
example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate >25G or cooling
tier > 10 not supported.
● Optic cable with spec 85C is
required.
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure.
Table 53. 8 x 3.5-inch x 8 x NVMe drive configuration
Standard Operating Support
(ASHRAE A2 compliant)
Extended ambient 40° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A3 compliant)
Extended ambient 45° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A4 compliant)
HPR fans are required.
● TBU not supported.
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards are
not supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W not
supported. For example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate > 25G or cooling
tier > 10 not supported.
● Optic cable with spec 85C is
required.
● 4x HPR fans configurations with CPU
TDP > 165 W are not supported.
● TBU not supported.
● BOSS M.2 module is not supported.
● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards
and Channel devices (FW) cards are
not supported.
● NIC consuming power >= 25 W. For
example: CX6 card.
● OCP transfer rate >25G or cooling
tier > 10 not supported.
Appendix A. Additional specifications 61