• Overview
• Features & Benefits
• Thermal Overview

Overview

The Extreme High-Density (EHD) 6 was designed specifically utilizing AFCO System’s room-balancing Kool-IT technology to handle heat loads of up to 16 kW within conventional datacenter design. At these densities, clients can postpone the need to deploy CAPEX-intensive, water-cooled enclosures and the increased maintenance associated with them. The industry’s desire to deploy blade center technology drove the EHD 6 design and our unique rear plenum extension to handle blade chassis’ high-pressure airflow. Engineered for extreme, high-density applications, the exceptional thermal control is achieved through continuous monitoring and management of exhaust temperatures and fan speed regulation through voltage modulation. This, in conjunction with the adjustable plenum apertures and vertical exhaust plenum compartment, maintains the desired enclosure temperature set point.

Kool-IT Technology

The EHD 6 utilizes AFCO’s advanced Kool-IT air-cooled technology engineered to accommodate blade servers’ extremely high densities.

The system acts as an extension of the CRAC, giving datacenter managers control of air temperature at the enclosure level. This system actively monitors and balances internal heat loads, utilizing under-floor cool air and ambient computer room temperature, ensuring a stable and reliable operating environment.

The EHD 6 also communicates with AFCO’s Resource Manager, which reads the EHD, displays equipment status and creates alarm and event notifications.

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Features & Benefits

• Can integrate into standard datacenter design and handle heat loads of up to six 7RU blade chassis.
• Designed with energy-saving Kool-IT technology, the EHD 6 delivers 100% better server inlet temperatures with twice the cooling over Hot Aisle/Cold Aisle and only utilizes half the tonnage.
• Airflow Management Module (AMM) provides control and reporting of thermal and power conditions with our state-of-the-art microcomputer system and multi-sensor architecture.
• Rear plenum, along with six 290-CFM, variable-speed fans automatically adjusts to varying heat loads, capably dissipating return air back to the CRAH within critical Delta T performance requirements.
• The base plenum plate, with six adjustable airflow apertures, was designed to provide static pressure control of the raised floor, leading to airflow management that delivers cool air—when, where and in the quantity needed.
• Rear plenum was specifically designed to handle high turbulence and increased heat loads from blade chassis.
• Proven Kool-IT technology with 30,000 systems deployed worldwide.
• Door Baffle System enhances thermal performance and airflow management, promoting the mix of room air with plenum air for increased heat dissipation and room balancing while preventing the short cycling of fans.

Thermal Overview

Our newest K3-EHD 6 platform was designed to accommodate even higher densities and optimize performance and flexibility when deploying blade centers. Successfully tested to handle up to 16 kW, our Ph.D. engineers took Kool-IT’s technology and modified our fan placement to handle the high turbulence and heat loads generated from blade chassis. Like all Kool-IT-enabled enclosures, it has been designed for control and flexibility and has superior performance without requiring blanking plates. Logically, if the disciplines exist in your datacenter environment to manage this accessory, it will increase the performance of your entire system.