Dell PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis Thermal Airflow Architecture Specification User Guide

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Power Edge MX7000 Chassis Thermal Airflow Architecture

Modular infrastructures enable customers to be flexible in configuration, agile in management, and efficient in design, over several generations of compute,

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storage, and networking needs. The unique thermal design of the new Dell Rick Eiland EMC Power Edge MX7000 chassis ensures that customers can confidently grow over many generations of IT technology, satisfying forthcoming demands for scalable expansion and performance while providing excellent investment SUMMARY protection. The multiple airflow zone architecture of the MX7000 is engineered Creating a modular to ensure fresh air is delivered to each component of the chassis, enabling infrastructure that can efficiently enhanced cooling of higher power and dense system configurations.

cool the high-power, high-

density workloads of today and CHASSIS ARCHITECTURE

tomorrow requires intelligent,

scalable design. The overall chassis architecture of the Power Edge MX7000 uses dedicated, independent airflow paths for each critical subsystem (Compute, I/O, and Power Dell EMC’s Power Edge MX7000 Supplies) to provide fresh air to each individual zone. This design allows for modular infrastructure meets expanded feature support, improved cooling efficiency, and the flexibility to these thermal challenges scale with future needs. Figure 1 below provides a view of the front and rear of through an innovative, patent- the MX7000 chassis with each zone highlighted.

pending chassis architecture

 Zone 1 (Blue): Cooling air for the eight vertically-arranged Compute and

design.

Storage sled slots at the front of the chassis is drawn thru the chassis by five horizontally-arranged fans at the rear

The Multiple Airflow Zone

 Zone 2 (Yellow): Four vertically arranged fans at the front of the chassis

architecture of the new MX7000

push cooling air into the I/O Modules (IOMs) at the rear of the chassis

chassis enables enhanced

energy efficiency in the cooling  Zone 3 (Green): The bottom of the chassis is populated with up to six of higher power and denser power supply units (PSUs) each with a dedicated fan and exhaust airflow system configurations, extends path out the rear of the chassis

the lifecycle of the chassis to accommodate multiple generations of future IT technology, and delivers excellent investment protection.

Figure 1: Front and rear view of Power Edge MX7000 chassis with dedicated airflow zones highlighted

The orthogonal layout of these zones allows for simple, front-to-back airflow thru the chassis. By avoiding overly complex airflow paths to each subsystem, the overall chassis minimizes its impedance, allowing for increased airflow

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