Dell PowerEdge R340 Cooling Fan: On a Small Machine, One Fan Is a Large Fraction of the Cooling
Enterasource is proud to present the Dell 50G83, a cooling fan recorded for the PowerEdge R340. The R340 is a single-socket 1U entry server, and its fan complement is sized to that — which changes what a single failure means.
Less Redundancy, Not Just Less Airflow
A large 2U or 4U server carries enough fans that losing one degrades cooling by a manageable fraction and the management controller compensates by driving the rest harder. An entry 1U machine has fewer positions to spread that load across, so one failed fan removes a materially larger share of the total and leaves less headroom in what remains. On these platforms a fan fault is worth treating as urgent rather than as something to batch with the next scheduled visit.
Fitment
Our inventory record names this fan for the PowerEdge R340 and for nothing else. That is our own record. The R240 is a closely related entry platform and our record does not extend this part to it, so confirm the Dell part number against the machine rather than against the family.
Important Notice: one fan module. Inspected before it ships and covered by the Enterasource warranty terms published on this page.
