Technical Product Specification

Thermal Management Intel
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Server System R1000SP Product Family TPS
28 Intel Order Number G64249-002 Revision 2.0
5. Thermal Management
The fully integrated system is designed to operate at external ambient temperatures of between
10ºC- 35ºC. Working with integrated platform management, several features within the system
are designed to move air in a front to back direction, through the system and over critical
components in order to prevent them from overheating and allow the system to operate with
best performance.
The installation and functionality of several system components are used to maintain system
thermals. They include system fans, an air duct, populated hard drive carriers, and installed
CPU heats sinks. Hard drive carriers can be populated with a hard drive or supplied drive blank.
In addition, it may be necessary to have specific DIMM slots populated with DIMMs or supplied
DIMM blanks.
5.1
Thermal Operation and Configuration Requirements
To keep the system operating within supported maximum thermal limits, the system must meet
the following operating and configuration guidelines:
 The system operating ambient is designed for sustained operation up to 35ºC (ASHRAE
Class A2).
o When operating within the extended operating temperature range, then system
performance may be impacted.
o There is no long term system reliability impact when operating at the extended
temperature range within the approved limits.
 Specific configuration requirements and limitations are documented in the configuration
matrix found in the Intel
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Server Board S1400SP product family Power Budget and
Thermal Configuration Guidelines Tool, available as a download online at
http://www.intel.com
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 Memory Slot population requirements:
o DIMM Population Rules on CPU – Install DIMMs in order: Channels A, B, and
C, start with first DIMM (Blue Slot) on each channel, then the second DIMM.
o Note: All the memory slots must be populated at all times using either a DIMM or
supplied DIMM Blank.
 All hard drive bays must be populated. Hard drive carriers can be populated with a hard
drive or supplied drive blank.
 The air duct must be installed at all times.
 The system top-cover must be installed at all times.
5.2
Thermal Management Overview
In order to maintain the necessary airflow within the system, all of the previously listed
components and top cover need to be properly installed. For best system performance, the
external ambient temperature should remain below 35ºC and all system fans should be
operational. Should a single system fan fail (System fan or Power Supply Fan), integrated
platform management will: change the state of the System Status LED to flashing Green, report
an error to the system event log, and automatically adjust fan speeds as needed to maintain
system temperatures below maximum thermal limits.