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US 2018/0027686 A1Published application
Robotically Serviceable Computing Rack and Sleds
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMATTHEW J. ADILETTA, AARON GORIUS, MYLES WILDE, MICHAEL T. CROCKER
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Abstract
Examples may include racks for a data center and sleds for the racks, the sleds arranged to house physical resources for the data center. The sleds and racks can be arranged to be autonomously manipulated, such as, by a robot. The sleds and racks can include features to facilitate automated installation, removal, maintenance, and manipulation by a robot.
Claims30
A data center rack, comprising:
- a first post and a second post;
- and
- a plurality of pairs of sled brackets, a first sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the first post and a second sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the second post, each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets to receive a sled.
A system, comprising:
- a sled for a data center, the sled comprising:
- a rack mounting feature;
- and
- at least one physical resource;
- and
- a rack of the data center, the rack comprising:
- a first post and a second post;
- and
- a plurality of pairs of sled brackets, a first sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the first post and a second sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the second post, each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets to define a sled space to receive a sled.
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A method comprising:
- sending a movement control signal to a robot, the movement control including an indication for the robot to move proximate to a sled in a data center;
- and
- sending a manipulation control signal to the robot, the manipulation control signal including an indication for the robot to physically manipulate the sled.
A system comprising:
- a sled for a data center, the sled comprising a plurality of physical compute resources, the plurality of physical compute resources to generate an amount of thermal energy during operation;
- and
- a rack of the data center, the rack comprising:
- a first post and a second post to define a rear plane of the rack;
- a plurality of pairs of sled brackets, a first sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the first post and a second sled bracket from each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets coupled to the second post, each of the plurality of pairs of sled brackets to define side planes of the rack, the side planes of the rack not comprising a housing;
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- a plurality of fans disposed proximate to the rear plane of the rack, the plurality of fans to move air across the plurality of physical compute resources to cool the physical compute resources.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.