Integration cell for seismic electronic equipment rack
AssigneeAra USA LLC
InventorBarrett W. Franklin
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Abstract
Described herein is an integration cell that can be pre-installed with plural electronic equipment units at a location remote from a datacenter. One or more pre-installed integration cells can be shipped on a single standard shipping palette to the datacenter location and moved into the datacenter through standard doorways and using standard elevators. Inside the datacenter, the integration cell can be inserted into a seismic electronic equipment storage rack to allow for bulk installation or removal of plural electronic equipment units.
Claims12
An integration cell for an electronic equipment rack comprising a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the first and second side walls are connected to the top wall and bottom walls on opposite sides to define a rectangular cavity,
- wherein the integration cell is configured to support one or more electronic equipment units within the rectangular cavity,
- wherein the integration cell is pre-installed with the one or more electronic equipment units prior to transportation to a datacenter location, and
- wherein the housing protects the one or more electronic equipment units during transportation.
A method for bulk installation of electronic equipment units in an electronic equipment storage rack in a datacenter comprising:
- installing one or more electronic equipment units into an integration cell at a first location;
- securing one or more integration cells having one or more installed electronic equipment units to a standard shipping palette at the first location;
- transporting the standard shipping palette from the first location to a second location having a datacenter comprising an electronic equipment storage rack;
- installing the one or more integration cells into the electronic equipment storage rack in the datacenter at the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.