US 2019/0104636 A1 · MANAGING A DATA CENTER

Abstract

A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.

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Dependent claims

A data center system, comprising:

a frame assembly that comprises a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers comprising at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays;
a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power;
and
a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays and external of the plurality of server racks positioned in the first layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays, each of the plurality of network switches comprising a stage 2 aggregation switch.

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A method of managing a data center comprising:

operating a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power, the plurality of data center server devices supported in a plurality of server racks positioned in a frame assembly that comprises a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers comprising at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays;
and
operating a plurality of network switches that are positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays and external of the plurality of server racks positioned in the first layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays, and each of the plurality of network switches comprises a stage 2 aggregation switch.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Managing a data center

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Managing a data center

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