GB/T 46979-2025Information technology - General specification for rack-scale servers (English PDF)

Foreword

This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part

1.Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting. Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents. This document was proposed and is under the jurisdiction of the National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC28). This document was drafted by: Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute, and H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. The company, JD Technology Information Technology Co., Ltd., Zhongyan Yiqi (Beijing) Information Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shandong Provincial Computing Center (National Supercomputing Center) (Jinan Center for Advanced Computing Technology), Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd., China Mobile Information Technology Co., Ltd., China Electronics Information Industry Group Co., Ltd. The company's Sixth Research Institute, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Hanhong Electric Co., Ltd., Chaoyun Digital Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Xinghe Technology Co., Ltd., Super Fusion Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Sugon Information Industry (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. The company, China Quality Certification Center Co., Ltd., Great Wall Power Technology Co., Ltd., China Mobile (Suzhou) Software Technology Co., Ltd., and China Southern Power... Grid Corporation of China Ultra-High Voltage Transmission Company, AVIC Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., CAS Controllable Information Industry Co., Ltd., Staubli (Hangzhou) Precision Machinery & Electronics Co., Ltd., Phytium Information Technology Co., Ltd., China Southern Power Grid Big Data Service Co., Ltd., Zhijiang Laboratory Beijing Institute of Computer Technology and Applications, Tianjin Optoelectronic Communication Technology Co., Ltd., Guangneng Intelligent Equipment (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., China Ordnance Changzhi Technology Co., Ltd., Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd., Zhongke Guowei (Beijing) Holdings Co., Ltd., Inspur Computer Technology Co., Ltd. The company, ZTE Corporation, and Suzhou Yuannao Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. The main drafters of this document are. Zhang Bin, Liu Guangzhi, Dai Yusheng, Chen Hai, Chen Guofeng, Zhang Guangbin, Fang Fang, Wang Jibin, Sheng Yong, Han Baoyuan, and Zhang Chun. Chen Hai, Yang Jinyu, Wang Xinxin, Yu Huazhen, Liu Xiaohu, Sun Zhen, Li Wei, Ding Junfeng, Fu Xinjie, Liu Bing, Zhou Pingjiao, Li Yan, Cui Chen, Liu Wen, Zhu Jinwei Tang Zhen, Mao Feng, Li Peng, Yang Yougui, Xu Weishu, Cheng Wen, Hu Han, Feng Wenjing, Wang Baowen, Guo Hongyan, Li Youquan, Lu Lu, Shen Hailan, Cheng Mo Li Shengyi, Li Jingying, Liu Yaoyang, Liu Song, Xu Zhaogang, Song Guixiang, and Di Heliang. Information Technology Rack Server General Specification

1 Scope

GB/T 46979-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering the rack as the unit of purchase rather than the server - shared power and cooling for the whole cabinet, the node trays that slide into it, the management of the rack as one machine, and the delivery and installation of something that arrives assembled and weighs a tonne. First edition, 22,500 words. It was issued on 31 December 2025 and has been in force since 1 July 2026, as a first edition. The document is under the responsibility of the Standardization Administration of China. This page is published from the official record of the 2025 edition; the clause text of a standard this recent is not yet in circulation, and the figures, limits and tables it contains are those of the document itself, delivered in full with the English translation.

This document specifies the technical requirements, quality assessment procedures, marking, packaging, transportation, and storage of rack-mount servers, and describes the corresponding tests. method. This document applies to the design, manufacture, inspection and acceptance, and application of rack-mount servers.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents, through normative references within the text, constitute essential provisions of this document. Dated citations are not included. For references to documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies. This document.

GB/T 191 Pictorial Symbols for Packaging and Storage

GB/T 2423.1 Environmental testing of electrical and electronic products - Part

4 Compression and Stacking Tests Using a Compression Testing Machine method

GB/T 4857.5 Drop Test Method for Packaging and Transport Packages

GB/T 4857.6 Packaging and Transport Packages Rolling Test Method

GB/T 4857.11 Packaging - Basic Tests for Transport Packaging - Part

11 Horizontal Impact Test Method

GB/T 4857.20 Packaging and Transport Packages - Impact Test Method

GB/T 4857.23-2021 Packaging - Basic Tests for Transport Packaging - Part

23.Test Method for Vertical Random Vibration

GB 4943.1 Audio-visual, information technology and communication technology equipment - Part

14 Reliability, Maintainability and Availability

GB/T 5398-2016 Test methods for large transport packages

GB/T 5861-2003 Test Methods for Hydraulic Quick-Connect Couplings

GB/T 9254.1 Electromagnetic compatibility of information technology equipment, multimedia equipment and receivers - Part