Management of hardware in environments that include particulates
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTomer Shachar, Yevgeni Gehtman, Maxim Balin
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for managing data processing systems are disclosed. The data processing systems may include hardware components that generate heat. The heat may be managed using flows of gasses. Filters may be used to screen particulates entrained in the flows of gasses. The data processing systems may include a system for managing accumulations of particulates over time. The system may refresh the filters over time by reducing the particulate accumulations on the filters.
Claims20
A method of managing hardware components positioned in a chassis of a data processing system, the method comprising and by a hardware processor of the data processing system:
- identifying an occurrence of a particulate accumulation elimination event, the hardware processor being coupled to a memory of the data processing system, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the hardware processor causes the hardware processor to perform the method, and the hardware processor and memory being ones of the hardware components;
- based on the identifying of the occurrence:
- activating a field applicator to apply an electric field to a filtration media of a filter covering an opening in a chassis of the data processing system to charge at least a portion of particulates accumulated on the filtration media to a charge level to obtain charged particulates, the opening facilitating airflow through the chassis to dissipate heat from the hardware components;
- while the particulates are being charged to the charge level, identifying an occurrence of a charged particulates discharge event;
- based on the occurrence of the charged particulates discharge event:
- grounding at least a frame of the filter to discharge the charged particulates;
- while grounding the at least the frame of the filter, identifying that the particulate accumulation elimination event has ended;
- and
- deactivating the field applicator and allow the at least the frame to electrically float based on the end of the particulate accumulation elimination event.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a data processing system, cause the processor to perform operations for managing hardware components positioned in a chassis of the data processing system, the operations comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of a particulate accumulation elimination event, the processor being coupled to a memory of the data processing system, the memory comprising the non-transitory machine-readable medium, and the processor and the memory being ones of the hardware components of the data processing system;
- based on the identifying of the occurrence:
- activating a field applicator to apply an electric field to a filtration media of a filter covering an opening in a chassis of the data processing system to charge at least a portion of particulates accumulated on the filtration media to a charge level to obtain charged particulates, the opening facilitating airflow through the chassis to dissipate heat from the hardware components;
- while the particulates are being charged to the charge level, identifying an occurrence of a charged particulates discharge event;
- based on the occurrence of the charged particulates discharge event:
- grounding at least a frame of the filter to discharge the charged particulates;
- while grounding the at least the frame of the filter, identifying that the particulate accumulation elimination event has ended;
- and
- deactivating the field applicator and allow the at least the frame to electrically float based on the end of the particulate accumulation elimination event.
A data processing system, comprising:
- hardware components comprising a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of a particulate accumulation elimination event;
- based on the identifying of the occurrence:
- activating a field applicator to apply an electric field to a filtration media of a filter covering an opening in a chassis of the data processing system to charge at least a portion of particulates accumulated on the filtration media to a charge level to obtain charged particulates, the opening facilitating airflow through the chassis to dissipate heat from the hardware components;
- while the particulates are being charged to the charge level, identifying an occurrence of a charged particulates discharge event;
- based on the occurrence of the charged particulates discharge event:
- grounding at least a frame of the filter to discharge the charged particulates;
- while grounding the at least the frame of the filter, identifying that the particulate accumulation elimination event has ended;
- and
- deactivating the field applicator and allow the at least the frame to electrically float based on the end of the particulate accumulation elimination event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.