1 cpu 1 and memory cooling area, 2 cpu 2 and chipset cooling area, 3 pci cooling area – Kontron TIGH2U Carrier Grade Server User Manual

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Kontron Carrier Grade Server TIGH2U

December 2009

Product Guide, rev.1.2

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Features—TIGH2U Server

2.11.1

CPU 1 and Memory Cooling Area

One of the system’s large fans provides cooling for domain 1, outlined in blue in

Figure 8

. This fan

facilitates the flow of air through the front bezel over the SFP, through the fan, and over the server

board, CPU 1, memory, and ultimately out through the rear of the chassis.

2.11.2

CPU 2 and Chipset Cooling Area

One of the system’s large fans provides cooling for domain 2, outlined in green in

Figure 8

. This fan

facilitates the flow of air through the front bezel over the SFP, through the fan, and over the server

board, CPU 2, chipset and any low-profile PCIe add-in cards, and ultimately out through the rear of

the chassis.

2.11.3

PCI Cooling Area

The two 40 Ч 40 Ч 56 mm dual-rotor fans (A in

Figure 8

) facilitate the flow of air through the front

bezel, through the fans, over the server board and any full-length PCI-X or PCIe add-in cards, and

ultimately out through the rear of the chassis.

2.11.4

Hard Disk Drive and Power Supply Cooling

Fans that are integrated into the PSUs provide the airflow to cool the hard disk drives. The airflow is

adequate even with a single PSU installed as long as a filler panel is installed in the other PSU slot.

2.11.5

Fan Speed Control

The server board contains Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) circuits, which control the 12 VDC fan

voltage to provide quiet operation when system ambient temperature is low and there are no fan

failures. There is one PWM circuit for each cooling domain, resulting in one PWM being connected to

each of the two 80 × 38 mm fans and the other PWM connected to the two dual-rotor 56 × 40 mm

fans. Based on the ambient temperature, monitored by the front panel sensor, the fan speeds (PWM

duty cycle) are set per

Table 4

.

Table 4.

Fan Speed Settings

Temperature (°C)

CPU1 Fan

PWM DC (%)

CPU2 Fan

PWM DC (%)

PCI Fans

PWM DC (%)

0 - 28

46

46

46

29

47

47

47

30

48

48

48

31

53

53

53

32

58

58

58

33

63

63

63

34

68

68

68

35

73

73

73

36

78

78

78

37

84

84

84

38

89

89

89

39

95

95

95

40

100

100

100

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