System and method for thermal control in a modular chassis
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsHasnain Shabbir, William Kenneth Coxe, III
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a rear node that includes an airflow control device a thermal manager. The thermal manager identifies a front node mating event between the rear node and a front node; in response to the front node mating event: obtains front node airflow characteristics for the front node; determines an airflow rate using, at least in part, the front node airflow characteristics; and sets an operating point of the airflow control device based on the airflow rate.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a rear node comprising:
- an airflow control device;
- and
- a thermal manager programmed to:
- identify a front node mating event between the rear node and a front node;
- in response to the front node mating event:
- obtain front node airflow characteristics for the front node;
- determine an airflow rate using, at least in part, the front node airflow characteristics;
- and
- set an operating point of the airflow control device based on the airflow rate.
A method for thermally managing an information handling system, comprising:
- identifying, by a rear node of the information handling system, a front node mating event between the rear node and a front node;
- in response to the front node mating event:
- obtaining front node airflow characteristics associated with the front node;
- determining an airflow rate using, at least in part, the front node airflow characteristics;
- and
- setting an operating point of an airflow control device based on the airflow rate.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for thermally managing an information handling system, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a rear node of the information handling system, a front node mating event between the rear node and a front node;
- in response to the front node mating event:
- obtaining front node airflow characteristics associated with the front node;
- determining an airflow rate using, at least in part, the front node airflow characteristics;
- and
- setting an operating point of an airflow control device based on the airflow rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.