Alignment of liquid cooling manifolds

A system for aligning liquid cooling manifolds of a computing rack, the system comprising:

• a first liquid cooling manifold;
• a first alignment tray that is inserted in a first slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the first alignment tray are coupled to the first liquid cooling manifold;
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• a second alignment tray that is inserted in a second slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the second alignment tray are coupled to the first liquid cooling manifold of the rack, wherein the first liquid cooling manifold is fastened to the rack while the liquid cooling manifold is coupled to the first alignment tray and also coupled to the second alignment tray, and wherein the first alignment tray and the second alignment tray are removed from the rack and an IHS (Information Handling System) is inserted into a slot of the rack until a liquid cooling coupling of the IHS is connected to a coupling of the first liquid cooling manifold, wherein the liquid cooling coupling of the IHS is aligned with the coupling of the first liquid cooling manifold based on the fastening of the first liquid cooling manifold to the rack while the liquid cooling manifold is coupled to the first alignment tray and the second alignment tray.

A computing rack comprising a plurality of slots for installation of Information Handling Systems (IHSs), the rack comprising:

• a first liquid cooling manifold;
• a first alignment tray that is inserted in a first slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the first alignment tray are coupled to the first liquid cooling manifold;
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• a second alignment tray that is inserted in a second slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the second alignment tray are coupled to the first liquid cooling manifold of the rack, wherein the first liquid cooling manifold is fastened to the rack while the liquid cooling manifold is coupled to the first alignment tray and also coupled to the second alignment tray, and wherein the first alignment tray and the second alignment tray are removed from the rack and a first IHS is inserted into a slot of the rack until a liquid cooling coupling of the IHS is connected to a coupling of the first liquid cooling manifold, wherein the liquid cooling coupling of the first IHS is aligned with the coupling of the first liquid cooling manifold based on the fastening of the first liquid cooling manifold to the rack while the liquid cooling manifold is coupled to the first alignment tray and the second alignment tray.