–PCIecard:Lenovo-qualified;powerconsumptionofeachcarddoesnotexceed15W
•Ifyourserverisinstalledwiththefollowinghardwarecomponents,yourservercomplieswithASHRAE
classA2specifications.
–Thirty-two2.5-inchdrives
–TheLenovoThinkServerQlogicQLE2560(single-portFC8G)HostBusAdapterorLenovoThinkServer
QlogicQLE2562(dual-portFC8G)HostBusAdapter
ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttheASHRAEclassA2,classA3,andclassA4specifications.
Table1.ASHRAEclassA2,classA3,andclassA4specifications
ASHRAEclassA2ASHRAEclassA3ASHRAEclassA4
Airtemperature
(operating)
10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)5°Cto40°C(41°Fto104°F)5°Cto45°C(41°Fto113°F)
Airtemperature
(storage)
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package
Humidity(operating)
8%to80%
(non-condensing)
8%to85%
(non-condensing)
8%to90%
(non-condensing)
Humidity(storage)
8%to90%
(non-condensing)
8%to90%
(non-condensing)
8%to90%
(non-condensing)
Altitude
0mto3048m(0ftto10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment
Note:Whenthealtitudeexceeds900m(2953ft),thedefinedmaximumdry-bulb
temperatureforoperationbecomesadependentvariable.
A2:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery300m(984ft)of
altitudeincrease.
A3:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery175m(574ft)of
altitudeincrease.
A4:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery125m(410ft)of
altitudeincrease.
Note:Ifyourserverhasa64GB2400MHzmemorymoduleinstalled,ensurethattheambienttemperature
doesnotexceed35°C(95°F)andallsystemfansareworkingproperly.Ifasystemfanfails,turnoffthe
serverimmediatelyandreplacethesystemfanassoonaspossibletoavoidsystemfailureordataloss.To
replaceasystemfan,referto“Replacingthesystemfan”onpage167.
Software
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.
Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
BIOSandTSMupdateutilities
TheBIOSandTSM(alsoknownasBMC)firmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovo
maintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTSMupdateutilitieswithinstructions
fordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTSMfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updating
orrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage63
and“Updatingthefirmware”onpage68.
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