A logical Outpost deployment consists of one or more Outposts compute racks connected to an Outposts network rack. Inside the Outposts racks, we have hosts, switches, network patch panels, power shelves, and blank panels. Outposts racks are designed for high availability with redundant network switches and power connections. You can also provision your Outpost compute racks with additional capacity for resiliency.
AWS delivers the Outposts racks to your preferred physical site fully assembled and ready to be rolled into final position. They are installed by AWS and the racks need to be simply plugged into power and network.
Each Outposts compute rack comes pre-configured with a mix of EC2 instance capacity and EBS storage volumes that you choose from a pre-curated catalog of configurations.
The hosts populating the Outposts compute rack are typically 1U or 2U and 21 inches wide.
Supported EC2 instances include
General Purpose M7i
Compute Intensive C7i
Memory Intensive R7i
Support for more EC2 instances, including GPU-enabled instances, is coming soon.
Seamlessly extend your existing Amazon VPC from an AWS Region to an Outpost in your on-premises location. Use the same VPC components that are accessible in the Region including internet gateways, virtual private gateways, Amazon VPC Transit Gateways, and VPC endpoints.
After installation, you can create a subnet in your regional VPC and associate it with an Outpost just as you associate subnets with an Availability Zone in an AWS Region. Instances in Outpost subnets communicate with other instances in the AWS Region using private IP addresses, all within the same VPC.
Outpost network rack
Each logical Outpost deployment comes with an Outposts network rack, which acts as a network aggregation point for one or more Outposts compute racks. With this architecture, you can decouple the scaling of compute resources from networking, letting you optimize costs by expanding only what your specific workloads require. The network rack also comes with built-in resiliency to handle network device failures, simplifying high availability design.
An Outposts network rack includes four physical networking devices, which need to be connected to two or four upstream customer devices with a minimum of four physical links (one per networking device).
Patch panels
AWS Outposts rack supports the following uplink speeds and quantities for each Outposts rack network device.
Uplink speed
Number of uplinks
10 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4
40 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4
100 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4
The uplink speed and quantity are symmetrical on each Outposts network rack. If you use 100 Gbps as the uplink speed, you must configure the link with forward error correction (FEC CL91). Outpost racks can support single-mode fiber (SMF) with Lucent Connector (LC), multimode fiber (MMF), or MMF OM4 with LC. AWS provides the optics that are compatible with the fiber that you provide at the rack position.
Outposts racks use a centralized redundant power conversion unit and a DC distribution system in the backplane. This is handled with line mate connectors so IT personnel need to just snap the host or switch into place to provide power. This improves reliability, cost, serviceability, and energy efficiency.
The Outposts compute rack power shelf supports three power configurations. The configuration of the power shelf depends on how the host capacity is racked. The Outposts network rack power shelf supports one power configuration.
A central power bus bar in the back to distribute power to each server. We have whips supporting a variety of common power types.
Power configurations for an Outposts compute rack
The power shelf has two inputs, S1 and S2, that can be configured as follows.
Redundant, single phase
Redundant, three phase
Single phase
Three phase
10 kVA
4 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drop to S1 and 2 drop to S2
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
2 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drop to S1
1 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1
15 kVA
6 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 and 3 drops to S2
3 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1
30 kVA (dual power shelves)
12 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 and 3 drops to S2 on two power shelves
4 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W or CS8365C, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2 on two power shelves
6 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 on two power shelves
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W or CS8365C, 1 drop to S1 on two power shelves
Power configuration for the Outposts network rack
The Outposts network rack draws 8.89 kVA and supports redundant single and three phase power drops that can be configured as follows.
Redundant, single phase
Redundant, three phase
Single phase
Three phase
10 kVA
4 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drop to S1 and 2 drop to S2
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
2 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drop to S1
1 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1
AC line voltage
Single phase 208 to 277 VAC (50 or 60 Hz) or wye three phase 346 to 480 VAC (50 to 60 Hz) or delta three phase 208 to 230 VAC (50 to 60 Hz)
Power consumption
10 kVA (9 kW), 15 kVA (13 kW), or 30kVA (26kW)
AC protection (upstream power breakers)
30 or 32 or 50 A
AC inlet type (receptable)
Single phase L6-30P (30A) or IEC309 P+N+E, 6 hour (32 A), three phase AH530P7W 3P+N+E, 7 hour (30A), or three phase AH532P6W 3P+N+E 6 hour (32 A), or three phase Non-NEMA twistlock Hubbell CS8365C, 3P+E, center ground (50A)
Whip length
10.25 ft (3 m)
Whip - Rack cabling input
From above or below
Security
AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure of Outposts racks similar to how it secures infrastructure in the AWS Regions today. Customers are responsible for securing their applications running on Outposts racks as they do in the Region today.
Additionally, customers are responsible for the physical security of their Outpost racks, and for ensuring consistent networking to the Outpost.
Lockable door
Each Outposts rack comes with built-in tamper detection. It is an enclosed rack with a lockable door.
Nitro Cards
Every host on an Outposts rack has a Nitro Chip. The Nitro System enables the most secure cloud platform that continuously monitors, protects, and verifies the instance hardware and firmware. Virtualization resources are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software minimizing the attack surface. Finally, Nitro System's security model is locked down and prohibits all administrative access, including those of Amazon employees, eliminating the possibility of human error and tampering.
Encryption key
AWS ensures that all your data is protected and remains in your control. All data is encrypted at rest in the Nitro System that is present in every host. The encryption key is wrapped to an external key stored in a removable device. This removable device is present in every host on the Outposts rack. Destroying the device is equivalent to destroying the data.
At the end of your Outposts rack term, when AWS removes the rack from the premises, you will also be required to destroy the device. This ensures your data won’t leave the premises.
Outposts racks are delivered and installed by AWS technicians into a facility of your choice.
Casters and stands
Outposts racks come in casters to easily roll the racks into the desired space in your facility. Stands are installed in-place.
Facility requirements
Below are the facility requirements for Outposts compute racks and the Outposts network rack.
Temperature and humidity – The ambient temperature must be between 41º F (5º C) and 95º F (35º C). The relative humidity must be between 8 percent and 80 percent with no condensation.
Airflow – Racks draw cold air from the front aisle and exhaust hot air to the back aisle. The rack position must provide at least 145.8 times the kVA of cubic feet per minute (CFM) airflow.Loading dock – Your loading dock must accommodate a rack crate that is 94 inches (239 cm) high by 54 inches (138 cm) wide by 51 inches (130 cm) deep.
Airflow – Racks draw cold air from the front aisle and exhaust hot air to the back aisle. The rack position must provide at least 145.8 times the kVA of cubic feet per minute (CFM) airflow.
Weight support – The location where the rack will be installed and the path to that location must support the weight specified in the order summary at the rack point loads. This includes freight and standard elevators.
Clearance – An Outposts compute rack is 80 inches (203 cm) high, 24 inches (61 cm) wide, and 48 inches (122 cm) deep. An Outposts network rack is 80 inches (203 cm) high, 30 inches (76 cm) wide, and 48 inches (122 cm) deep. Any doorways, hallways, turns, ramps, and elevators must provide sufficient clearance. At the final resting position, there must be a 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 48 inch (122 cm) deep area for each Outposts compute rack, and a 30 inch (76 cm) wide by 48 inch (122 cm) deep area for each Outposts network rack. For each rack, there must be an additional 48 inches (122 cm) of front clearance and 24 inches (61 cm) of rear clearance. The total minimum area required is 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 10 feet (305 cm) deep for an Outposts compute rack, and 30 inch (76 cm) wide by 10 feet (305 cm) for an Outposts network rack.
The following diagram shows the total minimum area required for an Outposts compute rack and an Outposts network rack, including clearance.
Seismic bracing – To the extent required by regulation or code, you will install and maintain appropriate seismic anchorage and bracing for the racks while they are in your facility.
Bonding point – We recommend that you provide a bonding wire/point at the rack position so that the AWS-certified technician can bond the racks during installation.
You will not change the facility in a way that negatively affects the ability of AWS to access, service, or remove the Outposts racks.
Elevation – The elevation of the room where the racks are installed must be below 10,005 feet (3,050 meters).
Seismic bracing – To the extent required by regulation or code, you will install and maintain appropriate seismic anchorage and bracing for the racks while it is in your facility.
Bonding point – We recommend that you provide a bonding wire / point at the rack position so that the AWS-certified technician can bond the racks during installation.
You will not change the facility in a way that negatively affects the ability of AWS to access, service, or remove the Outposts racks.
Elevation – The elevation of the room where the racks are installed must be below 10,005 feet (3,050 meters).
A logical Outpost deployment consists of one or more physical Outposts racks with compute, storage, and networking capabilities within each rack. Inside we have hosts, switches, a network patch panel, a power shelf, and blank panels. Outposts racks are designed for high availability with redundant network switches and power connections. You can also provision your Outposts rack with additional capacity for resiliency.
AWS delivers the Outposts rack to your preferred physical site fully assembled and ready to be rolled into final position. It is installed by AWS and the rack needs to be simply plugged into power and network.
Each Outposts rack comes pre-configured with a mix of EC2 instance capacity and EBS storage volumes that you choose from a pre-curated catalog of configurations.
The hosts populating the Outposts rack are typically 1U or 2U and 21 inches wide.
Supported EC2 instances include
General Purpose M5
Compute Intensive C5
Memory Intensive R5
Graphics Optimized G4
To run the latest EC2 instance types locally, check out the second-generation Outposts racks.
Seamlessly extend your existing Amazon VPC from an AWS Region to an Outpost in your on-premises location. Use the same VPC components that are accessible in the Region including internet gateways, virtual private gateways, Amazon VPC Transit Gateways, and VPC endpoints.
Uplink speed
Number of uplinks
1 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
10 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12, 16
40 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4
100 Gbps
1, 2, 3, 4
After installation, you can create a subnet in your regional VPC and associate it with an Outpost just as you associate subnets with an Availability Zone in an AWS Region. Instances in Outpost subnets communicate with other instances in the AWS Region using private IP addresses, all within the same VPC.
Network Switches
Every Outposts rack has two physical network devices that attach to your local network. To connect to your local network you will need a minimum of two physical links between these Outposts rack network devices and your local network devices. AWS provides the optics that are compatible with the fiber that you provide at the rack position.
Patch panels
AWS Outposts rack supports the following uplink speeds and quantities for each Outposts rack network device.
The uplink speed and quantity are symmetrical on each Outposts rack network device. If you use 100 Gbps as the uplink speed, you must configure the link with forward error correction (FEC CL91). Outpost racks can support single-mode fiber (SMF) with Lucent Connector (LC), multimode fiber (MMF), or MMF OM4 with LC.
An AWS Outposts rack uses a centralized redundant power conversion unit and a DC distribution system in the backplane. This is handled with line mate connectors so you need to just snap the host into place to provide power. This improves reliability, cost, serviceability, and energy efficiency.
A central power bus bar in the back to distribute power to each server. We have whips supporting a variety of common power types.
The power shelf has two inputs, S1 and S2, that can be configured as follows.
Redundant, single phase
Redundant, three phase
Single phase
Three phase
5 kVA
2 x L6-30P or IEC309, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
1 x L6-30P or IEC309, 1 drop to S1
1 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1
10 kVA
4 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drops to S1 and 2 drops to S2
2 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drops to S1
15 kVA
6 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 and 3 drops to S2
3 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1
AC line voltage
Single phase 208 to 277 VAC (50 or 60 Hz) or three phase 346 to 480 VAC (50 to 60 Hz)
Power consumption
5 kVA (4kW), 10 kVA (9 kW), or 15 kVA (13 kW)
AC protection (upstream power breakers)
30 or 32 A
AC inlet type (receptable)
Single phase L6-30P (30A) or IEC309 P+N+E, 6 hour (32 A), three phase AH530P7W 3P+N+E, 7 hour (30A), or three phase AH532P6W 3P+N+E 6 hour (32 A)
Whip length
10.25 ft (3 m)
Whip - Rack cabling input
From above or below
Security
AWS is responsible for protecting Outposts rack's infrastructure similar to how it secures infrastructure in the AWS Regions today. Customers are responsible for securing their applications running on Outposts rack as they do in the Region today.
Additionally, customers are responsible for the physical security of their Outpost racks, and for ensuring consistent networking to the Outpost.
Lockable door
AWS Outposts rack comes with built-in tamper detection. It is an enclosed rack with a lockable door.
Nitro Cards
Every host on an Outposts rack has a Nitro Chip. The Nitro System enables the most secure cloud platform that continuously monitors, protects, and verifies the instance hardware and firmware. Virtualization resources are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software minimizing the attack surface. Finally, Nitro System's security model is locked down and prohibits all administrative access, including those of Amazon employees, eliminating the possibility of human error and tampering.
Encryption key
AWS ensures that all your data is protected and remains in your control. All data is encrypted at rest in the Nitro System that is present in every host. The encryption key is wrapped to an external key stored in a removable device. This removable device is present in every host on the Outposts rack. Destroying the device is equivalent to destroying the data.
At the end of your Outposts rack term, when AWS removes the rack from the premises, you will also be required to destroy the device. This ensures your data won’t leave the premises.
AWS Outposts rack is delivered and installed by AWS technicians into a facility of your choice.
Casters and stands
Outposts racks come in casters to easily roll the racks into the desired space in your facility. Stands are installed in-place.
Facility requirements
Temperature and humidity – Airflow in an Outposts rack is front-to-back cold aisle, hot aisle. The ambient temperature must be between 41º F (5º C) and 95º F (35º C). The relative humidity must be between 8 percent and 80 percent with no condensation.
Airflow – The rack position must provide at least 145.8 times the kVA of cubic feet per minute (CFM) airflow.
Loading dock – Your loading dock must accommodate a rack crate that is 94 inches (239 cm) high by 54 inches (138 cm) wide by 51 inches (130 cm) deep.
Weight support – The location where the rack will be installed and the path to that location must support the weight specified in the order summary at the rack point loads. This includes freight and standard elevators.
Clearance – The equipment is 80 inches (203 cm) high by 24 inches (61 cm) wide by 48 inches (122 cm) deep. Any doorways, hallways, turns, ramps, and elevators must provide sufficient clearance. At the final resting position, there must be a 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 48 inch (122 cm) deep area for the Outposts rack, with an additional 48 inches (122 cm) of front clearance and 24 inches (61 cm) of rear clearance. The total minimum area required for the Outposts rack is 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 10 feet (305 cm) deep.
The following diagram shows the total minimum area required for the Outposts rack, including clearance.
Seismic bracing – To the extent required by regulation or code, you will install and maintain appropriate seismic anchorage and bracing for the rack while it is in your facility.
Bonding point – We recommend that you provide a bonding wire / point at the rack position so that the AWS-certified technician can bond the racks during installation.
You will not change the facility in a way that negatively affects the ability of AWS to access, service, or remove the Outposts rack.
Elevation – The elevation of the room where the rack is installed must be below 10,005 feet (3,050 meters).
Specialized Configuration for Accelerated Networking EC2 Instances (2nd Generation)
Outposts racks
Hosts
Networking
Power
Security
Facility
Outposts racks
A logical Outpost deployment consists of one or more Outposts compute racks connected to an Outposts network rack. Inside the Outposts racks, we have hosts, switches, network patch panels, power shelves, and blank panels. Outposts racks are designed for high availability with redundant network switches and power connections. You can also provision your Outpost compute racks with additional capacity for resiliency.
AWS delivers the Outposts racks to your preferred physical site fully assembled and ready to be rolled into final position. They are installed by AWS and the racks need to be simply plugged into power and network.
Each Outposts compute rack comes pre-configured with accelerated networking EC2 instances that you choose from a pre-curated catalog of configurations.
The hosts populating the Outposts rack are typically 1U or 2U and 21 inches wide.
Supported EC2 instances include
Accelerated networking Bmn-sf2e
Accelerated networking Bmn-cx2
Bmn-sf2e instances
Bmn-sf2e instances are optimized for ultra-low latency workloads that require deterministic performance.
Features:
Powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors deliver an all core turbo frequency of up to 3.9 GHz
Includes AMD Solarflare™ X2522 Ethernet Adapters connected to top-of-rack (TOR) switches
Available as bare metal instances to minimize latency and jitter
Support booting from local instance storage
Support Layer 2 (L2) multicast, hardware-based Precision Time Protocol (PTP), and equal length cabling between the accelerator cards and TOR switches to deliver deterministic performance
Powered by the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor
Instance size
vCPU
Memory (GiB)
Instance Storage (GB)
Network Bandwidth (Gbps)
Accelerated Network Cards
Accelerated Network Bandwidth (Gbps)
EBS Bandwidth (Gbps)
bmn-sf2e.metal-16xl
64
512
2x 8000 NVMe
25
2
100
20
bmn-sf2e.metal-32xl
128
1,024
4x 8000 NVMe
50
4
200
40
Use cases:
Matching engines, trading gateways, and feed handlers of financial exchanges
Bmn-cx2 instances
Bmn-cx2 instances are optimized for high throughput and low latency workloads.
Features:
Powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire Rapids)
Includes NVIDIA ConnectX-7 400G NICs connected to TOR switches
Available as bare metal instances to minimize latency and jitter
Support booting from local instance storage
Support Layer 2 (L2) multicast and hardware-based Precision Time Protocol (PTP); also support equal length cabling between the accelerator cards and TOR switches if required
Powered by the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor
Instance size
vCPU
Memory (GiB)
Instance Storage (GB)
Network Bandwidth (Gbps)
Accelerated Network Cards
Accelerated Network Bandwidth (Gbps)
EBS Bandwidth (Gbps)
bmn-cx2.metal-48xl
192
1,536
4x 4000 NVMe
50
2
800
40
Use cases:
Real-time market data distribution, telecom 5G Core and Radio Access Network (RAN) Centralized Unit (CU), and media distribution
Contact your AWS Sales Representative or submit this form if you need a custom instance configuration for your unique application requirements
In addition to the networking capabilities listed in the section “Standard Configuration (2nd Generation)”, Outposts rack deployments with accelerated networking EC2 instances feature a secondary bare metal network with accelerated network cards within the EC2 hosts directly connected to in-rack top-of-rack (TOR) switches.
For Bmn-sf2e instances, the bare metal network can be configured to accept an external 1 pps (packets per second) time source and deliver external hardware-based Precision Time Protocol (PTP) clock sources directly to the Bmn-sf2e instances for single-digit nanosecond resolution timestamps.
Outposts racks use a centralized redundant power conversion unit and a DC distribution system in the backplane. This is handled with line mate connectors so IT personnel need to just snap the host or switch into place to provide power. This improves reliability, cost, serviceability, and energy efficiency.
The Outposts compute rack power shelf supports two power configurations. The configuration of the power shelf depends on how the host capacity is racked. The Outposts network rack power shelf supports one power configuration.
A central power bus bar in the back to distribute power to each server. We have whips supporting a variety of common power types.
Power configurations for an Outposts compute rack
Power shelf has two inputs, S1 and S2, that can be configured as follows.
Redundant, single phase
Redundant, three phase
Single phase
Three phase
15 kVA
6 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 and 3 drops to S2
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
3 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drop to S1
1 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1
30 kVA (Dual power shelves)
12 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 and 3 drops to S2 on two power shelves
4 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W or CS8365C, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2 on two power shelves
6 x L6-30P or IEC309, 3 drops to S1 on two power shelves
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W or CS8365C, 1 drop to S1 on two power shelves
Power configuration for the Outposts network rack
The Outposts network rack draws 8.89 kVA and supports redundant single and three phase power drops that can be configured as follows.
Redundant, single phase
Redundant, three phase
Single phase
Three phase
10 kVA
4 x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drops to S1 and 2 drops to S2
2 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1 and 1 drop to S2
2x L6-30P or IEC309, 2 drops to S1
1 x AH530P7W or AH532P6W, 1 drop to S1
AC line voltage
Single phase 208 to 277 VAC (50 or 60 Hz) or wye three phase 346 to 480 VAC (50 to 60 Hz) or delta three phase 208 to 230 VAC (50 to 60 Hz)
Power consumption
15 kVA (13 kW) or 30kVA (26kW)
AC protection (upstream power breakers)
30 or 32 or 50 A
AC inlet type (receptable)
Single phase L6-30P (30A) or IEC309 P+N+E, 6 hour (32 A), three phase AH530P7W 3P+N+E, 7 hour (30A), or three phase AH532P6W 3P+N+E 6 hour (32 A), or three phase Non-NEMA twistlock Hubbell CS8365C, 3P+E, center ground (50A)
Whip length
10.25 ft (3 m)
Whip - Rack cabling input
From above or below
Security
AWS is responsible for protecting the infrastructure of Outposts racks similar to how it secures infrastructure in the AWS Regions today. Customers are responsible for securing their applications running on Outposts racks as they do in the Region today.
Additionally, customers are responsible for the physical security of their Outpost racks, and for ensuring consistent networking to the Outpost. Customers are also responsible for managing both the network accelerator cards inside Bmn-sf2e and Bmn-cx2 servers and the associated bare metal network switches. They can fulfill this responsibility through in-house IT personnel, AWS Professional Services, AWS Managed Services, or third-party service providers. In the event of a failure with the network accelerator cards, customers can reach out to AWS for support.
Lockable door
Each Outposts rack comes with built-in tamper detection. It is an enclosed rack with a lockable door.
Nitro Cards
Every host on an Outposts rack has a Nitro Chip. The Nitro System enables the most secure cloud platform that continuously monitors, protects, and verifies the instance hardware and firmware. Virtualization resources are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software minimizing the attack surface. Finally, Nitro System's security model is locked down and prohibits all administrative access, including those of Amazon employees, eliminating the possibility of human error and tampering.
Encryption key
AWS ensures that all your data is protected and remains in your control. All data is encrypted at rest in the Nitro System that is present in every host. The encryption key is wrapped to an external key stored in a removable device. This removable device is present in every host on the Outposts rack. Destroying the device is equivalent to destroying the data.
At the end of your Outposts rack term, when AWS removes the rack from the premises, you will also be required to destroy the device. This ensures your data won’t leave the premises.
AWS Outposts racks are delivered and installed by AWS technicians into a facility of your choice.
Casters and stands
Outposts racks come in casters to easily roll the racks into the desired space in your facility. Stands are installed in-place.
Facility requirements
Temperature and humidity – Airflow in an Outposts rack is front-to-back cold aisle, hot aisle. The ambient temperature must be between 41º F (5º C) and 95º F (35º C). The relative humidity must be between 8 percent and 80 percent with no condensation.
Airflow – The rack position must provide at least 145.8 times the kVA of cubic feet per minute (CFM) airflow.
Loading dock – Your loading dock must accommodate a rack crate that is 94 inches (239 cm) high, 54 inches (138 cm) wide by 51 inches (130 cm) deep. These dimensions apply to both Outposts compute racks and Outposts network racks.
Weight support – The location where the rack will be installed and the path to that location must support the weight specified in the order summary at the rack point loads. This includes freight and standard elevators.
Clearance – An Outposts compute and storage rack is 80 inches (203 cm) high, 24 inches (61 cm) wide, and 48 inches (122 cm) deep. An Outposts network rack is 80 inches (203 cm) high, 30 inches (76 cm) wide, and 48 inches (122 cm) deep. Any doorways, hallways, turns, ramps, and elevators must provide sufficient clearance. At the final resting position, there must be a 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 48 inch (122 cm) deep area for each Outposts compute and storage rack, and a 30 inch (76 cm) wide by 48 inch (122 cm) deep area for each Outposts network rack. For each rack, there must be an additional 48 inches (122 cm) of front clearance and 24 inches (61 cm) of rear clearance. The total minimum area required is 24 inch (61 cm) wide by 10 feet (305 cm) deep for an Outposts compute and storage rack, and 30 inch (76 cm) wide by 10 feet (305 cm) for an Outposts network rack.
The following diagrams show the total minimum area required for an Outposts compute and storage rack and an Outposts network rack, including clearance.
Seismic bracing – To the extent required by regulation or code, you will install and maintain appropriate seismic anchorage and bracing for the racks while it is in your facility.
Bonding point – We recommend that you provide a bonding wire / point at the rack position so that the AWS-certified technician can bond the racks during installation.
You will not change the facility in a way that negatively affects the ability of AWS to access, service, or remove the Outposts racks.
Elevation – The elevation of the room where the racks are installed must be below 10,005 feet (3,050 meters).
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