Planning for environment requirements

Plan to locate your DS6000™ series in a site that has the same environment for the base unit and any expansion units.

Operating environment

Table 1 describes the environment operating requirements for the DS6800 (Models 1750-511 and 1750-522). The 1750-EX1 and 1750-EX2 expansion units have the same environmental requirements.
Table 1. Operating environment
Powered on temperature limit 10 - 40°C (50 - 104°F)
Powered off temperature limit 10 - 52°C (50 - 126°F)
Recommended operating point 22°C (72°F)
Recommended operating range 20 - 25°C (68 - 77°F)
Maximum wet bulb temperature 27°C (80° F)
Note:
  1. The upper limit of dry bulb temperature must be derated (lowered) 1.0°C for every 137 meters of elevation above 915 meters.
  2. The upper limit of wet bulb temperature must be derated (lowered) 1.0°C for every 274 meters of elevation above 305 meters.
Relative humidity 8 - 80 percent
Typical heat load 550 watts or 1880 Btu/hr
Electrical power 0.8 kVA
Capacity of exhaust 1.8 cubic meters (64 cfm)
Leakage current 1.5 mA (100-127 V ac), 3 mA (200-240 V ac)
Maximum physical storage capacity 64 TB
Table 2 describes the acoustic declaration information for the DS6000 series.
Table 2. Acoustic declaration for the DS6000 series
Product Description Declared A-Weighted Sound Power Level, LWAd (B) Declared A-Weighted Sound Pressure Level, LpAm (dB)
Operating Idling Operating Idling
DS6000 series when mounted in a 7014 rack with 16 DDMs 6.2 6.1 44 43
Notes:
  1. LWAd is the statistical upper-limit A-weighted sound power level (rounded to the nearest 0.1 B).
  2. LpAm is the mean A-weighted emission sound pressure level measured at the 1-meter bystand (rounded to the nearest dB).
  3. 10 dB (decibel) = 1 B (bel).
  4. All measurements made in conformance with ISO 7779 and declared in conformance with ISO 9296.

Power supply

The DS6000 series has built-in redundant, auto-sensing, auto-ranging power supplies. The power supplies are designed for operation on a voltage range of 90-257 V ac, 50-60 Hz.
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