NonStop NS2400 Series Planning Guide

Cooling Airflow Direction
Each enclosure includes its own forced-air cooling fans or blowers. Air flow for each enclosure
enters from the front of the modular cabinet and rack and exhausts at the rear.
Typical Acoustic Noise Emissions
70 dB(A) (sound pressure level at operator position)
Tested Electrostatic Immunity
• Contact discharge: 8 KV
• Air discharge: 20 KV
Calculating Specifications for Enclosure Combinations
Power and thermal calculations assume that each enclosure in the cabinet is fully populated. The
power and heat load is less when enclosures are not fully populated.
AC current calculations assume that one PDU delivers all power. In normal operation, the power
is split equally between the two PDUs in the cabinet. However, calculate the power load to assume
delivery from only one PDU to allow the system to continue to operate if one of the two AC power
sources or PDUs fails.
“Example of Cabinet Load Calculations” (page 83) lists the weight, power, and thermal calculations
for a 42U NonStop NS2400 commercial system with:
• Four blade elements
• Two VIO enclosures
• Two SAS disk enclosures and two Storage CLIMs
• 50 SAS disk drives in two enclosures
• Two rack-mounted system consoles with keyboard/monitor units
• Two maintenance switches
For a total thermal load for a system with multiple cabinets, add the heat outputs for all the cabinets
in the system.
82 System Installation Specifications for NonStop NS2400 Series Systems