ASHRAE declarations

Use the ASHRAE declarations table and figures to determine the measurement reporting requirements defined in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments.

These guidelines are available at ASHRAE Technical Committee.

Table 1. ASHRAE declarations

	Typical Heat Release	Airflow nominal1		Airflow maximum1 at 35°C (95°F)
Description	watts	cfm	m3/hr	cfm	m3/hr
Minimum configuration	1500	410	697	580	985
Maximum configuration	14400	2060	2990	2560	373876
Typical configuration	6200	1010	1716	1300	2209
See Planning for 5792 base rack for Weight and Overall system dimension.
ASHRAE Class	3
Minimum configuration	One I/O drawer
Maximum configuration	12 I/O drawers
Typical configuration	5 I/O drawers
Note: Airflow for the typical and minimum configurations do not include redundant power supply, feature code 5158.

Figure 1. Airflow figure for server mounted in a rack