Determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply
    1.
    发明授权
    Determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply 有权
    确定将服务器连接到电源的电源的冗余

    公开(公告)号:US08683251B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-25

    申请号:US12905142

    申请日:2010-10-15

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00 H02H3/00 H02M1/00

    摘要: Methods, system, and computer program products are provided for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply. Embodiments include receiving, by a redundancy monitoring manager, from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; in dependence upon the connection information, determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed; determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and indicating, by the redundancy monitoring manager, that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

    摘要翻译: 提供了方法,系统和计算机程序产品,用于确定将服务器连接到电源的电源的冗余。 实施例包括由冗余监视管理器从多个冗余监控插入器中的每一个接收连接信息,其中每个冗余监视插入器包括提供电源电路与电源,服务器之一的电接触的设备, 和另一个电源电路; 根据所述连接信息,由所述冗余监视管理器确定为所述服务器提供的每个供电,哪个电源电路提供所述电力供应; 由所述冗余监视管理器确定是否有任何所述电力馈送由相同的电源电路提供; 并且由所述冗余监视管理器指示当所述服务器的多个电力馈送由相同的电源电路提供时,所述服务器具有至少一个非冗余电力馈送。

    Determining Redundancy Of Power Feeds Connecting A Server To A Power Supply

    公开(公告)号:US20120239958A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-20

    申请号:US13487490

    申请日:2012-06-04

    IPC分类号: G06F11/30 G06F1/26

    摘要: Methods, system, and computer program products are provided for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply. Embodiments include receiving, by a redundancy monitoring manager, from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; in dependence upon the connection information, determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed; determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and indicating, by the redundancy monitoring manager, that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

    Identifying An End Of An Electrical Cord
    3.
    发明申请
    Identifying An End Of An Electrical Cord 审中-公开
    识别电线的结束

    公开(公告)号:US20120050062A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-01

    申请号:US12862876

    申请日:2010-08-25

    IPC分类号: G09F9/33 G08B5/00

    CPC分类号: H02G1/00 H02G2200/20

    摘要: An electrical cord is disclosed that includes a power line for transmitting electric current from one end of the electrical cord to the other end of the electrical cord. The electrical cord also includes a cord identification activator integrated into at least one end of the power line and coupled for data communications through the power line to a cord identification illuminator. The activator includes a signal generator for sending an indication signal to the illuminator through the power line in response to a user's activation of the activator. The illuminator illuminates in response to receiving the indication signal from the signal generator.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种电线,其包括用于将电流从电线的一端传输到电线的另一端的电力线。 电线还包括集成到电力线的至少一端中的电线识别激活器,并且被耦合用于通过电力线到绳索识别照明器的数据通信。 激活器包括信号发生器,用于响应于用户对激活器的激活,通过电力线将指示信号发送到照明器。 响应于从信号发生器接收到指示信号,照明器照亮。

    Individually cooling one or more computers in a rack of computers in a data center
    4.
    发明授权
    Individually cooling one or more computers in a rack of computers in a data center 有权
    单独冷却数据中心的计算机机架中的一台或多台计算机

    公开(公告)号:US08845403B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-30

    申请号:US12781915

    申请日:2010-05-18

    IPC分类号: G06F1/20 H05K7/20

    摘要: Individually cooling one or more computers in a rack of computers in a data center including an air intake chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the data center and a plurality of openings at a top end for providing air into a plurality of flexible air channels; and a plurality of flexible air channels, each air channel having a first end opening into the air intake chamber and having an opening at a second end and having a connector to connect the second end of the flexible air chamber to a particular position in the rack corresponding to the location of a particular computer in the rack.

    摘要翻译: 单独冷却包括进气室在内的数据中心的计算机机架中的一台或多台计算机,进气室在底端具有第一开口,用于通过数据中心的多孔瓦片从数据中心下方接收空气 中心和在顶端的多个开口,用于将空气提供到多个柔性空气通道中; 以及多个柔性空气通道,每个空气通道具有通向进气室的第一端开口,并且在第二端具有开口,并具有用于将柔性空气室的第二端连接到齿条中的特定位置的连接器 对应于机架中特定计算机的位置。

    Modeling movement of air under a floor of a data center
    5.
    发明授权
    Modeling movement of air under a floor of a data center 有权
    建模数据中心底下空气的运动

    公开(公告)号:US08812275B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-19

    申请号:US12885456

    申请日:2010-09-18

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 G06F13/10 G06F11/26

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center. Embodiments include receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center; in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center; and indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.

    摘要翻译: 提供了方法,系统和计算机程序产品,用于建模数据中心底部空气的运动。 实施例包括由管理系统从多个环境状况传感器接收对应于数据中心底层下方的区域的环境条件信息; 根据环境状况信息,由管理系统生成表示数据中心底下的区域内的空气移动的模型; 并且由管理系统根据空中运动的模型来指示数据中心底下的物理障碍物。

    Cable-free power distribution in a rack
    6.
    发明授权
    Cable-free power distribution in a rack 有权
    机架中无电缆配电

    公开(公告)号:US08351192B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-08

    申请号:US12853974

    申请日:2010-08-10

    IPC分类号: G06F1/16

    CPC分类号: H05K7/1492 Y10T29/49117

    摘要: A rack for housing electrically powered components, the rack including: a power distribution bus configured to distribute AC power among components installed in the rack via direct coupling without cables; a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive a component; and one or more components, each component installed in one of the plurality of slots, each component directly coupled to the power distribution bus without a cable, at least one of the components comprising an inter-rack power distribution unit (‘PDU’) configured to provide AC power to other components installed in the rack via the power distribution bus.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于容纳电力部件的机架,所述机架包括:配电总线,被配置为通过直接耦合而在没有电缆的情况下在安装在所述机架中的部件之间分配AC电力; 多个时隙,每个时隙被配置为接收组件; 以及一个或多个组件,每个组件安装在所述多个插槽之一中,每个组件直接地连接到所述配电总线而不用电缆,所述组件中的至少一个包括机架间配电单元(PDU),所述机架间配电单元(PDU) 交流电源通过配电总线安装在机架中的其他组件。

    Determining Redundancy Of Power Feeds Connecting A Server To A Power Supply
    7.
    发明申请
    Determining Redundancy Of Power Feeds Connecting A Server To A Power Supply 有权
    确定将服务器连接到电源的供电冗余

    公开(公告)号:US20120096297A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-19

    申请号:US12905142

    申请日:2010-10-15

    IPC分类号: G06F1/00

    摘要: Methods, system, and computer program products are provided for determining redundancy of power feeds connecting a server to a power supply. Embodiments include receiving, by a redundancy monitoring manager, from each of a plurality of redundancy monitoring interposers, connection information, wherein each redundancy monitoring interposer comprises a device that provides an electrical contact between a power circuit and one of a power supply, the server, and another power circuit; in dependence upon the connection information, determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, for each power feed provided to the server, which power circuits supply the power feed; determining, by the redundancy monitoring manager, if any of the power feeds are supplied by the same power circuit; and indicating, by the redundancy monitoring manager, that the server has at least one non-redundant power feed when multiple power feeds of the server are supplied by the same power circuit.

    摘要翻译: 提供了方法,系统和计算机程序产品,用于确定将服务器连接到电源的电源的冗余。 实施例包括由冗余监视管理器从多个冗余监控插入器中的每一个接收连接信息,其中每个冗余监视插入器包括提供电源电路与电源,服务器之一的电接触的设备, 和另一个电源电路; 根据所述连接信息,由所述冗余监视管理器确定为所述服务器提供的每个供电,哪个电源电路提供所述电力供应; 由所述冗余监视管理器确定是否有任何所述电力馈送由相同的电源电路提供; 并且由所述冗余监视管理器指示当所述服务器的多个电力馈送由相同的电源电路提供时,所述服务器具有至少一个非冗余电力馈送。

    Modeling Movement Of Air Under A Floor Of A Data Center
    8.
    发明申请
    Modeling Movement Of Air Under A Floor Of A Data Center 有权
    数据中心楼下空气运动建模

    公开(公告)号:US20120072195A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-22

    申请号:US12885456

    申请日:2010-09-18

    IPC分类号: G06G7/48

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center. Embodiments include receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center; in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center; and indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.

    摘要翻译: 提供了方法,系统和计算机程序产品,用于建模数据中心底部空气的运动。 实施例包括由管理系统从多个环境状况传感器接收对应于数据中心底层下方的区域的环境条件信息; 根据环境状况信息,由管理系统生成表示数据中心底下的区域内的空气移动的模型; 并且由管理系统根据空中运动的模型来指示数据中心底下的物理障碍物。

    Dynamically Adjustable Floor Tile For A Data Center
    9.
    发明申请
    Dynamically Adjustable Floor Tile For A Data Center 失效
    数据中心动态可调地砖

    公开(公告)号:US20120035781A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-09

    申请号:US12852091

    申请日:2010-08-06

    IPC分类号: G05D23/19 G06F19/00 E04B1/70

    CPC分类号: H05K7/20745 H05K7/20836

    摘要: A dynamically adjustable floor tile for a data center including a plurality of perforations; and a dynamically adjustable aperture, wherein opening the aperture exposes one or more of the perforations to airflow through the floor tile and closing the aperture blocks one or more of the apertures to airflow through the floor tile.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于包括多个穿孔的数据中心的动态可调地板砖; 以及动态可调节的孔,其中打开所述孔使所述穿孔中的一个或多个暴露于穿过所述地板砖的气流并且将所述孔中的一个或多个孔关闭到通过所述地板砖的气流。

    METHOD OF LAYING OUT A DATA CENTER USING A PLURALITY OF THERMAL SIMULATORS
    10.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF LAYING OUT A DATA CENTER USING A PLURALITY OF THERMAL SIMULATORS 有权
    使用多个热模拟器布置数据中心的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090150123A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US11950747

    申请日:2007-12-05

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 G06G7/50

    摘要: A method is provided for facilitating installation of one or more electronics racks within a data center. The method includes: placing a plurality of thermal simulators in the data center in a data center layout to establish a thermally simulated data center, each thermal simulator simulating at least one of airflow intake or heated airflow exhaust of a respective electronics rack of a plurality of electronics racks to be installed in the data center; monitoring temperature within the thermally simulated data center at multiple locations, and verifying the data center layout if measured temperatures are within respective acceptable temperature ranges for the data center when containing the plurality of electronics racks; and establishing the plurality of electronics racks within the data center using the verified data center layout, the establishing including at least one of reconfiguring or replacing each thermal simulator with a respective electronics rack.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种便于在数据中心内安装一个或多个电子机架的方法。 该方法包括:将多个热模拟器放置在数据中心中的数据中心布局中,以建立热仿真数据中心,每个热模拟器模拟多个模拟数据中心的相应电子机架的气流吸入或加热气流排气中的至少一个 电子机架要安装在数据中心; 监测多个位置的热仿真数据中心内的温度,以及如果测量温度在包含多个电子机架时数据中心的可接受温度范围内,则验证数据中心布局; 以及使用已验证的数据中心布局在所述数据中心内建立所述多个电子机架,所述建立包括用相应的电子机架重新配置或替换每个热模拟器中的至少一个。