Technologies for rack cooling
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMatthew J. Adiletta, Aaron Gorius, Myles Wilde, Michael T. Crocker
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Abstract
Technologies for rack cooling includes monitoring a temperature of a sled mounted in a rack and controlling a cooling system of the rack based on the temperature of the sled. The cooling system includes a cooling fan array, which may be controlled to cool the sled. Additionally, if needed, one or more adjacent cooling fan arrays that are located adjacent to the controlled cooling fan array may be adjusted to provide additional cooling to the sled.
Claims25
A cooling controller of a data center, the cooling controller comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the cooling controller to:
- monitor sensor data indicative of a temperature of a first sled mounted in a first sled slot of a rack;
- and
- control a cooling system of the rack based on the temperature of the sled to control the temperature of the sled.
A method for managing the cooling of racks of a data center, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a cooling controller of the data center, sensor data indicative of a temperature of a first sled mounted in a first sled slot of a rack, wherein the sled includes a chassis-less circuit board substrate;
- and
- controlling a cooling system of the rack based on the temperature of the sled to control the temperature of the sled.
One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a cooling controller to:
- monitor sensor data indicative of a temperature of a first sled mounted in a first sled slot of a rack, wherein the sled includes a chassis-less circuit board substrate;
- and
- control a cooling system of the rack based on the temperature of the sled to control the temperature of the sled.
A cooling controller comprising:
- a communication circuit to receive sensor data indicative of a temperature of a first sled mounted in a first sled slot of a rack, wherein the sled includes a chassis-less circuit board substrate;
- and
- means for controlling a cooling system of the rack based on the temperature of the sled to control the temperature of the sled.
The cooling controller of claim 27, further comprising:
- means for determining whether the cooling of the first sled provided by the fan array of the first sled slot requires augmenting based on the temperature of the first sled;
- and
- means for adjusting a fan speed of a fan array of a second sled slot adjacent to the first sled slot in response to a determination that the cooling of the first sled requires augmenting.
A rack to support a plurality of sleds, the rack comprising:
- two elongated support posts that extend vertically;
- a plurality of pairs of elongated support arms, wherein each pair of elongated support arms comprises a first support arm that extends outwardly from a first support post of the two elongated support posts and a second support arm that extends outwardly from a second support post of the two elongated supports posts, wherein each pair of elongated support arms defines a sled slot to receive a corresponding sled;
- and
- a cooling system comprises a plurality of fan arrays, wherein each fan array includes a plurality of fans and is associated with a different sled slot, wherein each fan array is controllable to provide cooling to a sever sled received in the corresponding sled slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.