Airflow baffle system

A cabinet-top airflow baffle system for a data center, suitable to manage airflow within an aisle formed by adjacent rows of closely-spaced equipment cabinets, the airflow baffle system comprising:

• an airflow baffle having a base and an airflow diverter panel;
• the base being operable to removably mount to a top of an equipment cabinet and having a contact portion operable to contact the top of the equipment cabinet adjacent an aisle-facing edge of the equipment cabinet;
• the airflow diverter panel being supported by and extending upwardly from the base;
• a mounting arm connected to the base;
• a magnet connected to and depending downwardly from the mounting arm, the magnet being operable to magnetically connect to the top of the equipment cabinet spaced from of the contact portion of the base;
• the airflow diverter panel having an upper portion operable to influence airflow and having a lower portion operable to mount the airflow diverter panel to the base;
• the airflow diverter panel being removably mountable on the base in at least first and second positions;
• in the first position of the airflow diverter panel, the upper portion being in a first angular orientation relative to a horizontal plane;
• in the second position of the airflow diverter panel, the upper portion being in a second angular orientation relative to the horizontal plane which is more vertical than the first angular orientation;
• the base having at least one upwardly-open channel sized and shaped to receive and support the lower portion of the airflow diverter panel;
• the channel extending along a width of the base and having a pair of opposed, parallel side walls extending parallel to the width of the base forming an opening operable to receive the airflow diverter panel from above and the airflow diverter panel being removable from the channel, the channel having a bottom operable to support the airflow diverter panel from below, and the opening of the channel having a size, as measured between the opposed walls, adapted to receive the lower portion of the airflow diverter panel between the opposed walls;
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• the channel being adapted to support the airflow diverter panel by the lower portion of the airflow diverter panel such that the airflow diverter panel is supported by the base in a cantilevered manner.