System and method for compression mechanism for cooling loop to a data processing system

A rack system, comprising:

• a rack for housing data processing systems;
• and
• a data processing system positioned in the rack, the data processing system comprising:
• a heat generating component;
• a liquid cooling loop to cool the heat generating component;
• and
• a compression mechanism adapted to:
• reversibly seal a portion of the cooling loop to prevent coolant from being circulated by the liquid cooling loop into an interior of the data processing system, the portion of the cooling loop being sealed by deforming a portion of the liquid cooling loop to seal a fluid flow path through the liquid cooling loop.

An enclosure for a data processing system, the enclosure comprising:

• a liquid cooling loop to cool a heat generating component positioned in the enclosure;
• and
• a compression mechanism adapted to:
• reversibly seal a portion of the cooling loop to prevent coolant from being
• circulated by the liquid cooling loop into an interior of the data processing system, the portion of the cooling loop being sealed by deforming a portion of the liquid cooling loop to seal a fluid flow path through the liquid cooling loop.