Automated cooling requirement determination for computing environments

Abstract

Approaches presented herein provide for automated management of operational systems, such as cooling and power systems, for a computing environment such as a data center. A secondary coolant distribution unit (CDU) can be connected to a cooling loop to allow for cutover from coolant flow from a primary CDU, which can allow for tasks such as coolant cleaning or replacement without having to power down the electronic components being cooled by the coolant flow. The cooling system can also be used to cure thermal interface materials (TIMs) by heating the flow of liquid through the cooling system to at least one target temperature over a period of time according to a curing profile. The electronic components can also have tags attached that allow for automatic detection and reading when installed in the electronic environment, which allows for automated detection and analysis of the needs of a set of components, as well as the automated adjustment of one or more operational systems to satisfy those needs with zero downtime of the impacted components.

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