IBM 343 manual Environmental Specifications Summary, Environment Specification

Environmental Specifications

The xSeries 343 system has been tested to the environmental specifications as indicated in Table 3. All testing has been performed per procedures defined in Bellcore GR-63-CORE NEBS Physical Protection, Bellcore GR-3580 NEBS Criteria Levels, Bellcore GR-1089-CORE EMC and Electrical Safety – Generic Criteria for Network Telecommunications Equipment, and the

Intel Environmental Standards Handbook.

Table 3. Environmental Specifications Summary

Environment	Specification
Temperature operating	5 ° C to 40	° C (41	° F to 104		° F)
Temperature non-operating	-40 ° C to 70	° C (-104		° F to 158		° F)
Altitude	0 to 1,800 m (0 to 5,905 ft)
Humidity non-operating	95%, non-condensing at temperatures of 23					° C (73	° F) to 40	° C (104	° F)
Vibration operating	Swept sine survey at an acceleration amplitude of 0.1 g from 5 to 100 Hz
	and back to 5 Hz at a rate of 0.1 octave/minute, 90 minutes per axis on all
	three axes as per Bellcore GR-63-CORE standards.
Vibration non-operating	Swept sine survey at an acceleration amplitude of 0.5 g from 5 to 50 Hz at a
	rate of 0.1 octaves/minute, and an acceleration amplitude of 3.0g from 50 to
	500 Hz at a rate of 0.25 octaves/minute, on all three axes as per Bellcore
	GR-63-CORE standard.
	2.2 Grms, 10 minutes per axis on all three axes as per the Intel
	Environmental Standards Handbook.
Shock operating	Half-sine 2 G, 11 ms pulse, 100 pulses in each direction, on each of the
	three axes as per the Intel Environmental Standards Handbook.
Shock non-operating	Trapezoidal, 25 G, 170-inch/sec delta V, three drops in each direction, on
	each of the three axes as per Intel Environmental Standards Handbook.
Electrostatic discharge	Tested to ESD levels up to 15 kilovolts (kV) air discharge and up to
(ESD)	8 kV contact discharge without physical damage as per Intel Environmental
	Standards Handbook.
Acoustic	Sound pressure: < 55 dBA at ambient temperatures < 28						° C measured at
	bystander positions in operating mode.
	Sound power:	< 6.5 dBA at ambient temperatures < 28					° C in
	operating mode.

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