Patent attributes
Hybrid multi-function rack door designs are disclosed. A rack includes a housing cabinet and rack door. The housing supports a plurality of servers or information technology (IT) equipment. The rack door is coupled to the housing and includes a rack manifold and a heat exchanger. The rack manifold supplies a cooling liquid to the rack door and extracts a cooling liquid from the rack door. The heat exchanger cools air from the blade servers, and the rack manifold is integrated into the heat exchanger as part of the rack door. The rack door can have the rack manifold in a fixed position and the heat exchanged configured to pivot away from the rack manifold in an open or partially open position. The rack door can be designed as one part of the data center cooling infrastructure, and commissioned together.
