WO2023022790A1

WO2023022790A1 - Server cabinet induced computer aspiration

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Publication number: WO2023022790A1
Application number: PCT/US2022/034119
Authority: WO
Inventors: Edward Campbell GRAFF; David Klein
Original assignee: DHK Storage, Inc.
Priority date: 2021-08-20
Filing date: 2022-06-18
Publication date: 2023-02-23
Also published as: WO2023022790A9

Abstract

Disclosed is a server facility, rack stand cabinet, and proprietary floor tiles advantageous to induced air cooling of computer servers. The tile includes an airflow source embedded within the tile, and base tiles can be interchangeable with the airflow source tile. The airflow sources can be positioned in a surface, such as a wall, floor, or ceiling of a server facility. The server cabinets can be positioned proximate to the airflow source(s) and a conduit within the cabinet can be extended to access the airflow source or a conduit extending therefrom.

Description

SERVER CABINET INDUCED COMPUTER ASPIRATION FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present disclosure relates to a computer server rack and more particularly, a computer server rack system that can be used to efficiently direct air flow to electric equipment such as servers and other network devices for dissipation of heat. BACKGROUND Existing rack-mount server systems include a server rack and a plurality of server units received in the server rack. Typically each of the server units is mounted to the server rack with a pair of mounting brackets or rails respectively fixed to the inside surface of opposite sidewalls of a server rack. There have been numerous efforts to direct air and other fluids to electronic equipment to aid in heat dissipation. SUMMARY The server rack according to the invention includes a frame that includes hollow tubular support posts on the front sides and rear sides of the device. Between the front and rear posts are forward side panels and rearward side panels. The panels receive a complement of cartridges that have valve members to control the flow of air from a rear cavity though passages in the cartridges, through the rail and into servers. A plurality of side rails for receiving servers are attached to the front and rear posts. The rails have passages through the sidewalls that correspond with passages provided on the sidewalls of the servers. In a preferred embodiment, air conditioned air is introduced to forward side panels through passages provided on the upper and lower surfaces. Next, air travels from the forward panel, though one or more passages that is provided through a cartridge member, and then, into a front section of a server through a passage that is provided on the lateral sidewall of the server. Air travels through the server from the front section of the server to a rear section and then exits through a passage in the lateral sidewall to a cartridge that is provided in a rear panel. Next the air is returned to the air conditioner unit for recirculation. In an embodiment the sever rack is approximately 6 feet tall and designed to accommodate forty-two server units in 4.445 cm (1.75 inch) increments. Rail members are provided at each unit segment on the side panels and support a server. In embodiments further discussed below, passages through the cartridges have at least one valve member that can be individually electromechanically or manually controlled. When no server is provided in a specific rack unit, or when the temperature is otherwise adequately controlled in a particular server unit, the aperture may be closed. In embodiments, a controller automatically opens or closes valve members provide in cartridges in response to a signal from a thermometer. As such, it should be appreciated that the valves or passages can be opened and closed variably for each server depending on the cooling needs for the server. Further, as discussed herein, the degree of air flow through the aperture can be controlled using a damper or weir arrangement. Therefore, in embodiments, a local controller is provided and can receive input information from thermometers reading the temperatures of the servers and can adjust the opening and closing valves aperture accordingly. Alternatively the dampers may be manually adjusted. In yet further embodiments a central controller receives signals from a plurality of server racks. Each of the openings on the post is provided with a releasable seal to block flow depending on the particular configuration of servers. In embodiments, flexible manifolds extend from the posts to direct the fluid to and from access areas provided on the servers. While the preferred embodiment contemplates the use of air flow, in embodiments the frame is configured to receive a liquid and the posts and manifold direct fluid to heat exchange elements that engaged the respective servers. In yet further embodiments the rack is configured to allow both liquid flow and air flow. The present invention further includes a server facility with a building, server rack stand cabinet, and one or more airflow sources. The building includes an enclosed building interior, a working floor, and a subfloor. The working floor is ideally raised above the subfloor at least 0.5 meters. There is building inlet conduit between the subfloor and the working floor for sealed movement of gas within the building and outlet conduit for exhausting gas to a heat reservoir. There is a server rack stand cabinet positioned above the building inlet conduit with lateral support members defining an interior void dimensioned to accept a server computer. The cabinet includes selectably substantially-sealed cabinet peripheral surfaces, which in most instances will include sidewalls, a ceiling, and a floor. The surfaces define a cabinet aperture proximate to a cabinet conduit with an actuating sleeve. The actuating sleeve adapted to assume a retracted position and an extended position beyond the peripheral surfaces. The cabinet includes tributary server conduit adapted to conduct gas from said cabinet conduit toward the interior void. An airflow source urges air from said building inlet conduit to a heat reservoir. An airflow source kit for use in a server facility includes an embedded floor tile comprising a tile aperture, and a primary airflow source, proximate to the aperture, positioned to conduct gas through the tile aperture. Due to the additional weight the kit may further include a brace extending from the tile for the ancillary support of the embedded tile on the subfloor. The kit can include a solid base tile having exterior dimensions similar to said embedded floor tile. These aspects of the invention are not meant to be exclusive. Furthermore, some features may apply to certain versions of the invention, but not others. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art when read in conjunction with the following description, and accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the rack stand of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the rack stand and cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a prior art server container of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a prior art server container of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective, cutaway view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective, cutaway view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a perspective, cutaway view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a perspective, cutaway view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a view of a server facility of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a view of a server facility of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a side, internal view of a server facility of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a revealed, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a sectional view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a lower, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 19 is a lower, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 20 is a front, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 21 is a perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 23 is a detailed, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 24 is a detailed, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 25 is a detailed, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 26 is a detailed, perspective view of a cabinet of the present invention. FIG. 27 is a side, perspective view of the embedded tile of the present invention. FIG. 28 is a side, perspective view of the embedded tile and floor air motivator of the present invention. FIG. 29A is a side, perspective view of the embedded tile of the present invention. FIG. 29B is a perspective view of the air motivator of the present invention. FIG. 30 is an isolated view of a rack stand post of the present invention. FIG. 31 is a perspective view of a rack stand of the present invention. FIG. 32 is a perspective view of a version of the conduit of the present invention. present invention. FIG. 33 is a perspective view of a rack stand of the present invention. FIG. 34 is a plan view of a version of the conduit of the present invention. FIG. 35 is a perspective view of a version of the conduit of the present invention. FIG. 36 is a disassembled perspective view of a version of the conduit of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention may augment the invention and disclosure as disclosed in U.S. Patent No.9,832,912 issuing November 28, 2017; U.S. Patent No.9,832,912 issuing November 28, 2017; U.S. Patent No.10,426,061 issuing September 24, 2019; and such other applications claim priority therefrom. All disclosure of such patents and applications are expressly hereby incorporated into this patent application by reference. The present invention includes proprietary articles and processes effective in the application of induced airflow to computer servers. Referring first to FIG. 1, a basic embodiment of an induced airflow system is shown, which illustrates a server assembly 1000 with a full complement of single rack unit servers 305. As shown in Fig. 2, the server rack assembly and servers are optionally enclosed in a cabinet that includes side exterior panels 5005 and 5006, top exterior panel 5025 and bottom exterior panel 5008. All of the quarter panels are attached to an intermediate frame to be fully supported. The entire rack is elevated from a support surface by legs 5020 or, alternatively, on casters. The top panel is provided with passages that allow air to flow to the forward panels 1210, 1215 and rearward panels 1211, 1216 that is contained within exterior panels. Additional passages, not pictured, may be added to exterior panels 5008 and 5025 for power, network cables, and other cabling. Referring now to Fig.3, an assembled rack system 1000 includes exterior side panels 5005 and 5006 that contain the side forward panels and rearward side panels. In embodiments, there are front and rear doors provided that can be used to close and lock the whole rack. In further embodiments, the panels used are insulated. Again referring to Fig.2, the top of the device includes front top passages 5121 and 5130 that communicate with the forward lateral side panels. Next to the inlet passages 5121 and 5130 are pressure relief valves 5128 and 5131. When the pressure in the system exceeds a predetermined pressure, the valves will release air to the atmosphere and prevent damage to components of the system. Similar pressure relief valves 5138 and 5142 are located in the rear panel adjacent to rear top passages 5125, 5135. On the top of the panel is a controller 5150 that is in communication with the cartridges via wires 5140. A top view of a building rack device system 1000 is depicted in Fig. 3 that includes an air conditioner 5204 that provides cool air to top inlet passages in forward panels through conduits 5220, 5223. Air, after it has passed through a server, flows to the rearward panels and may exit through top passages 5125, 5135. Air exiting the panels is then directed through conduits 5228 and 5229 to pump 5330 that maintains negative pressure in the exhaust system and moves the air from the forward panels, through the servers and out to the rearward panels. Air from the pump may be transferred back to the air conditioner through passages (not shown) for recirculation through the system. Fig. 5 is a depiction of prior art blade server system 6100 wherein a plurality of server blades 6121, 6122, 6123, 6124, 6125, 6126, 6127 and 6128 are oriented in a vertical direction and contained in an external housing 6110. External housing 6110 is designed to be received in server rack. Fig. 6 depicts a further alternative wherein an external housing 6120 encloses a plurality of servers such as 6221 and 6222. Blade server system 6200 includes two rows of vertically oriented servers. Fig. 7 depicts an embodiment of the invention 1000 adapted to provide cool air to and remove air from vertically oriented blade servers. Here, conduit 5122 is connected to a cartridge according to one of the embodiments of the invention discussed above and direct air to an opening provided on the top surface of server 305. Air is removed from server 305 using hollow tubular conduit 5122 which is directed air to a cartridge provided in rearward lateral panel as described above. Fig 7 therefore depicts a server device in which each of the servers 305 are provided with air flow to and from the server. These conduits 5122 pass through the external casing 6340 that retains the servers and then direct the air laterally. Fig. 8 depicts a further embodiment 1000 wherein hollow tubular cooling conduits 5122 provide airflow into servers 305. Air is removed from the servers in a similar manner as described with respect to the embodiment 1000 depicted herein. Fig.9 depicts a blade server arrangement 1000 wherein air is distributed to servers through openings on their bottom surfaces through tubular conduits 5122. Air is removed from the servers 305 using tubular conduits 5122 and is directed laterally wherein it can be received by cartridge members as described herein provided on lateral panels. In a further embodiment 1000 depicted in Fig. 10, a row of blade servers 305 includes multiple rows of servers oriented vertically. Air is provided to servers on a lower row using through tubular conduits such as 5122. These conduits provide air flow from lateral sides of the device 1000 and deliver the air to the bottom surface of severs. Air is removed from the servers using similar conduits and directed laterally. In further embodiments (not shown), fans are provided in the cartridges to assist with air flow to the servers and to assist with the removal of air from the servers. In yet other embodiments the fans may be provided in connection with the intake openings and exhaust opening in the panels, or along the conduits that provide for air handling to and from the panels. Fig 11 is a schematic view of a data center building embodiment 2000 wherein a plurality of racks 1000 are positioned in a building structure 6701 and exterior 6702 to constitute a server facility or data center. The data center includes a central controller 6730 that may be in proximity to the data center or in remote communication. The system optionally includes an air conditioner system that includes conventional exterior components 6710 such as a compressor, condenser element and a fan and interior components 6711 that include fans, evaporator coils, and an expansion device for the coolant used in the system. The system may also include heat pump (HP) technology including interior components 6721 which may include a blower, an expansion device, and an exterior coil and conventional exterior components 6720 including a compressor, check valves, an expansion device, exterior coils and a fan. In yet further embodiments, a variety of rails members are provided in connection with the rack systems to receive different server models, wherein the rails have different designs with different passages to complement the passages in different servers. In embodiments, the system includes a controller and servo motor that can adjust the flow parameters depending on the temperature of the server or group of servers. In further embodiments, the system includes a control board that includes a small circuit board with an Ethernet communications port for communication with the servers, a valve controller, air conditioner, heat pump, and a remote central monitoring and control location. By and large these processes and articles can be found in the technology that is incorporated by reference. The present invention further includes a server facility with a building, server rack stand cabinet, and one or more airflow sources. The building includes an enclosed building interior, a working floor, and a subfloor. The working floor is ideally raised above the subfloor at least 0.5 meters. There is building inlet conduit between the subfloor and the working floor for sealed movement of gas within the building and outlet conduit for exhausting gas to a heat reservoir. Turning to FIGS. 12-16, there is a server rack stand cabinet 5000 positioned above the building inlet conduit, which here is co-extensive with the exterior of the floor air motivators 9020. This is the floor motivator embodiment of the present invention. In other embodiments of the present invention, gas is conducted from an airflow source such as a central A/C unit or a fan positioned within the rack stand itself. The floor motivator embodiment features a facility 2000 having floor air motivators 9020 positioned within the facility itself. The floor air motivators themselves need not be positioned in the floor; this is a simplified phraseology that is based on the anticipated commercial embodiment. In practice, the floor air motivators can be positioned within floors, walls, ceilings or other surface of a server facility. Accordingly, the present invention is not to be limited to the placement of airflow sources, including floor air motivators 9020, within a floor. A key reason that the anticipated commercial embodiment is placed in the floor is based upon pre-existing construction concerns. Server facilities often a construction that provides significant spacing under what this application will call the ‘working floor’ 9004. There is a difference between the apparent floor and the subfloor 9002. The subfloor of a server facility 9002 is the lowest surface accessible on a floor. Engineers long ago decided that positioning a ‘working floor’ above the subfloor would be an ideal space for the running of electrical wires and data cables. Accordingly, there are many server facilities that have a load-bearing support floor 9002 that supports a working floor 9006 somewhere between 0.5m and 1.5m. Personnel walk on the working floor 9006, excepting such times as access needs to be had to the materials underneath the working floor 9006 in which instances the working floor can be disassembled. The working floor is often composed of support tiles 9006 that seem like the flooring of any conventional industrial space. As can be seen in FIG. 27, a kit embodiment ‘hangs’ the floor air motivators from support tiles 9006 such that the support tiles 9006 and the embedded-kit- embodiment 9008 feature similarly sized tiles and the embedded tiles 9008 can be positioned anywhere that the conventional tiles were placed. Returning to FIGS. 12-16, the facility includes as many embedded tiles bearing the floor air motivators as is desired for the cooling of server equipment. The present embodiment goes a step beyond prior embodiments in that a substantially- sealed cabinet 5000 is utilized that allows the collection and retention of heat from server computers to accumulate in a controlled area. The cabinets 5000 ideally fit about the server rack stand supports so as to wholly encompass the rack stands. In some versions of the present invention, the rack stands are integrated into the cabinet such that the rack stands are not distinct structures. The cabinets 5000 can includes a cabinet conduit 9021 that connects to the floor air motivators 9020. The floor air motivators 9020 can be integrated into a facility structure, can be removable therefrom, or other configuration that allows the ingress/egress of gas into the cabinet. The preferred floor air motivator is a MECHATRONICS Brushless EC fan. The fan includes a brushless fan motor adapted to operate at conventions temperature/pressure and humidity. The housing is constructed of ACD-12 Aluminum and weighs approximately 2.1 kg. The bearings are ball bearings. The rated voltage is 115 VAC with a rated current of 1.05A/75W. The operating voltage is between 90 – 130 VAC (50/60Hz) which permits a speed of approximately 2,750 RPM. The noise is approximately 70 DBA, with sufficient vibration and shock resistance to be positioned in a floor. The vibration resistance is 5-30 Hz, 0.04 peak-to-peak amplitude, 30-5000Hz, 2g peak amplitude for 5 minutes to all three axes. The shock resistance is 60g, 11 millisecond, twice to all three axes. As shown in FIGS.17-22, the cabinet 5000 contains or incorporates the rack stands, which in turn contain the computers 305, 7305. The preferred embodiment utilizes an EDS 7200 that acts as a manifold to accept incoming gas from the floor air motivator 9020 or as a manifold for the outbound transmission of outgoing exhaust gas. Some embodiments of the present invention utilize the a floor air motivator in the floor for the injection of gas and a ceiling/wall air motivator for the expulsion of gas to a heat reservoir. Otherwise, the expulsion of gas from the heated internal components of the computers occurs according to other inventive descriptions within the Application, the Applications that are incorporated by reference, or other bases known in the art. The cabinet 5000 is positioned in the floor of the building and moved above a floor air motivator 2020 such that the conduit 9021 is approximately above the air motivator 9020. Turning now to FIGS. 23-26, the preferred cabinet conduit 9021 includes an inner sleeve 9024 and an outer sleeve 9022 in a close-fit arrangement. A handle 9036 allows the inner sleeve 9024 to be lowered relative to the outer sleeve 9022, with a lock toggle 9026 providing a press fit that interferes with the motion of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve 9022 can be extended outward from the outer sleeve 9024 until the cabinet conduit 9021 contacts the air motivator 9021 fitting over the air motivator aperture 9044, that is to say the port from which gas arrives from the air motivator. Snaps or other attachment means, including interference fit dimensions, can be utilized in securing the cabinet conduit 9021 to the air motivator 9020, or the toggle lock 9026 can be utilized to maintain the fit. The significance of the conduit is not necessarily in the specific makeup of the embodiment discussed herein, but rather that the conduit has one or more components that are capable of retracting into/toward the cabinet 5000 during periods of non-use of induced airflow and that extend away from the cabinet and towards a surface during period of use of induced airflow. The preferred means of doing so includes the two-sleeve version discussed herein, wherein locking is effected by radial rotation of the inner sleeve 9022 upon the floor airflow motivator. A significant part of the present invention involves making a cabinet 5000 an independent source of power and instructions for server computers as well as the electronics that service them. Although in another sense the cabinet 5000 is an external manifestation of the rack stands themselves, having more advantageous, ancillary sealing properties. To that end, the cabinet 5000 can be a source of power for the floor air motivators 9020 and the cabinet can include a cabinet/rack circuit 9034 capable of powering one or more external components. In a preferred version of the present invention, the cabinet is capable of powering the floor air motivators of the present invention. The cabinet accepts a power supply, preferably from a circuit originating in the facility, and then terminal cables allow electricity to be passed to external components. An ideal version of this setup includes a component jack 9032, that for purposes of the present invention can be manifested on one or more components. The jack 9032 can be located on the cabinet adjacent to the cabinet conduit, and then again on the floor air motivator proximate to the motivator tray 9044. It is preferred that the jack 9032 of the air motivator affix to the jack 9032 of the conduit for the direct passage of electricity thereto. The cabinet is substantially-sealed. By substantially-sealed in reference to the cabinet, it is meant that the cabinet includes a periphery with largely solid side walls. Servers, when used in quantity, are rarely maintained in sealed areas because prior art servers dispel heat directly through exhaust ports on the cases of the servers. For purposes of the present invention, a substantially- sealed cabinet is a cabinet that includes sidewalls, a ceiling, and a floor all of which cover the surface area of the computer servers within by at least 80%. The cabinet can include some openings, but these openings should be incidental. The cabinet for purposes of the present invention should be a means for aggregating such heat as is exhausted from the computer cases. As it is largely a function of many embodiments of the present invention to include sealed computer cases (also a large departure from the prior art), ideally not much heat should be escaping into the cabinet. However, some heat will escape from cracks in computer casing, minute openings that are infeasible to seal, and the interspersing of conventional server computers (which conventional cases) with computers that have cases sealed pursuant to the many embodiments of the present invention. Also, it should be noted that the existence of “six” surface to the cabinet are not as necessary as much as there should be approximately 360 degrees of coverage from any viewpoint. For example, a cylindrical cabinet (but probably with rectangular ports to hold conventional server computers) would suit the present invention fine. Accordingly, the present invention is discussed in terms of a sealed periphery. Furthermore, the present invention needs to include an openable “front” or “back” surface to accept server computers from a lateral position; and where there is a door, there will likely be apertures simply because of manufacturing tolerances. These tolerances are well within the confines of the present invention so long as there is a periphery that seeks to accumulate a substantial majority of heat exhausted incidentally from the computers. The cabinet surfaces can include perforations, boundary openings from doors, etc. In preferred embodiments, the sealing of the surfaces will be at least 95% on each surface. In other embodiments, wherein the emphasis is on accepting gas from the floor airflow motivators, the present invention may not include a substantially-sealed cabinet on the basis that the forced air expulsion pursuant to other principles of the present invention are sufficient to avoid substantial elevation of the environmental temperatures surrounding the server computers. Turning now to FIGS. 27-29B, the present invention is meant to include an embedded tile 9008 that is modularly interchangeable with base floor tiles 9006. In certain circumstances, it may be advantageous to utilize a kit of floor tiles, some of which have air motivators embedded therein 9008 and some that do not 9006. Normal floor tiles can be replaced with embedded floor tiles as the situation warrants, and when used in conjunction with the electrical circuit possessed with the cabinet embodiment, the cabinets and servers can occupy highly-variable locations – and adjustments can occur sua sponte. The embedded tile 9008 includes a tile of similar dimensions as the normal tile 9006, and in practical scenarios the embedded tiles can be manufactured from the normal tiles. The significance of the tile tray 9048 is that it allows gravity-fitting of the air motivator 9020 to the tile. In the workshops that tend to be affiliated with server facilities, the shop attendant can cut a template into the tile to allow passage of the body of the motivator and the tray rests upon the tile 9006 upper surface. It is preferred that the air motivator aperture 9044 include a lip that serves as an abbreviated building conduit 9050. In other embodiments, for example FIG. 4, the building conduit is a serpentine network of conduit that transports gas from a lengthy origin/destination to/from the server rack. In the present embodiment, there is not a need for lengthy gas transport, and the necessity is merely that the conduit go from the air motivator 9020 to the EDS 7200. Therefore, a short lip should be sufficient. For purposes of invention, the building-server conduit and floor-server conduit are for all intents and purposes, the same when advantageous to be so. Server facilities tend to trust redundant systems. Accordingly, the present invention may utilize one or more air motivators 9020 with the present invention, including in conjunction with the same building conduit. It is most preferred that the air motivators 9020 be positioned sequentially such that bifurcated conduit is not required, although the present invention can certainly support such an arrangement. The spacing of the air motivators in conjunction with the tile will depend on the spacing between the working floor and the subfloor. As seen in FIG. 12, which (although not to scale) represents a gap between the working floor and the subfloor of about 1.25 meters, there is plenty of space to apply two sequential air motivators to the tile. The present invention utilizes a clip 9030 to maintain the position of the two floor air motivators in their relationship. In maintenance scenarios, the air motivators can be separated by removal of the clip, and exchanged by clipping a new air motivator in the sequence. In other embodiments, where space is more dear, sequential air motivators (or even multiple air motivators) may not be appropriate. It is preferred that the air motivators directly accept air from the surrounding gap between the working floor and the subfloor, however, the present invention also supports a conduit supplying air to the input side of the floor air motivator, that then supplies air to the building/cabinet conduit. Anywhere where fresh/cooled air can be supplied to the floor air motivators will suffice for purposes of the present invention. Because the embedded tile will weigh more than a conventional tile, the embedded tile may include bracing 9052. The bracing of the present invention applies a contact force to a secondary structure in order to support the weight of the tile and motivator. A simplified form of bracing 9052 include legs such that the embedded tile sits upon the subfloor like a table, in addition to such force as maintains the position of the tile in its position overhanging the traditional support network of a tile matrix. FIG. 30, the present invention features an embodiment of the cartridge 3100 that is peripherally mounted to the rack stand 4900. Alternative versions of the present invention featured a central void that utilized hollow vertical posts 1825 to fill and accept gas therefrom. The embodiments of FIG. 30 instead allows gas to enter/leave server computers without recourse to a centralized void. As shown in FIG.30, the vertical post member 1825 includes a hollow area 2170 through which gas may be infused or withdrawn. The post 1825 includes a peripheral attachment point with an opening through which gas may enter/leave. With reference to FIG.76, the stand of the present embodiment includes a peripheral opening 9002 which may be a simple void (e.g., lack of material) or an aperture constructed to dimensionally correspond an opening on the peripheral cartridge. The preferred peripheral cartridge may be slid into position on the member 1825 by use of a recess 9004 sized to accommodate to the body of the peripheral cartridge. Upon joinder, the cartridge/member system would be preferably exhibit a uniform entity such that the surfaces of the member and cartridge are approximately continuous. The stand air motivators can be utilized with the floor motivator of the present invention; in some embodiments wherein the floor air motivator injects cool gas into the rack stand, and the rack mounted fans expel gas from the interior of the servers towards a heat reservoir or other. Naturally, the circumstances may be reversed such that a floor air motivator expels gas while stand motivators expel gas. Turning now to FIGS. 31-36, the present invention includes an embedded distribution system 7000 (“EDS”) and process of the present invention. In the EDS, the present invention 7000 relates the objectives and function of other embodiments, with an alteration in the physical location of air distribution. The EDS allows the point of fluid distribution and collection to be located within the confines of the server rack itself. The present invention includes a disguised manifold 7200 that has the rough dimensions of a server blade adapted to fit within the server rack. By rough dimensions, it is meant that the width and length of the disguised manifold are exactly identical, or as close as is necessary for the manifold to fit into the server rack using attachment equipment similar to one or more blades within the rack. The server rack side fits cartridges 7300 that feature cartridge rack apertures 7400. The EDS disguised manifold 7200 includes the airflow input/output apertures as other fluid direction units of the present invention. The version depicted herein includes one or more master apertures 7202 that lead into the interior of the manifold 7200, which is bifurcated such that fluid from one master aperture 7202 is not directly accessible to fluid from the other master aperture 7202. A simple median wall (not shown) placed at the midpoint of the manifold 7200 is sufficient. Within the discussed manifold is an interior manifold void bifurcated to receive fluid from said building inlet conduit via the inlet master aperture and exhaust fluid via the exhaust master aperture to said building outlet conduit. Incoming (cooled) air exits the disguised manifold on its way to a computer, sealed or unsealed, via manifold minor aperture 7206, which may be sized appropriate to regulate pressure within the system. The manifold minor apertures 7206 are present for the purposes of shunting fluid to/from the disguised manifold. The preferred conduit of the EDS embodiment takes the form of hollow conduit posts 7825. Here, there is a blending of some structure of the present invention, however it should be noted that the hollow conduit posts are not load-bearing structures – although it certain instances they may be used as such or for other maintenance of server blade orientation. Vertical member 7630 and horizontal member 7636 serve as load bearing rack structures. The posts 7825 serve as the piping for transmission of fluid between server blades and from blade to manifold. In concert with the conduit posts 7825, the disguised manifold 7200 may be positioned at the top and bottom (and because it is sized similar to computer blades) and points therebetween. FIG. 85, for example, depicts the preferred arrangement of manifolds. Fluid urging apparatus such as fans or impellers may be positioned in one or more of the manifolds. Cartridges 7300 may line the exterior of the rack for the interior disposition of computers and disguised manifolds. The cartridges 7300 preferably include rack/post adapters 7320 that project the physical dimensions of the present invention away from the rack structure. Accordingly the conduit posts 7825 may include apertures 7833 specially dimensioned to allow a close size or interference fit. The preferred adapters 7320 include an elastic material that deforms upon contact with an aperture to result in a tightly sealed fit between the conduit post 7825 and the cartridge 7300. Alternatively, the adapters 7320 may be positioned on the conduit posts 7825 facing inwardly for the projection of the physical dimensions of the post 7825 into the aperture 7400 of the cartridge 7300. The conduit posts 7825 of the present invention include hollow, generally self-supporting transmission structure that can be positioned upon the sides of the rack for the transmission of air to/from computer-to-computer or computer-to-manifold (and vice versa). The preferred post is constructed of an insulated plastic and has a height approximately equivalent to the height of the rack, or at least the height of a full complement of computers within the rack. The post 7825 includes a post contact portion 7827 and a post bay 7829. The contact portion 7827 is dimensioned to form a close-fit relationship with the cartridges 7300 of the present invention, which serve to provide a uniform surface that mates with the contact portion 7827 of the conduit post 7825. Naturally, to serve as effective conduit, the conduit posts 7825 require a sealed environment and an interior that permits fluid flow. Fluid is injected into the conduit post 7825 and may traverse the interior of the conduit post until the furthest depths of the post bay 7829. The bay 7829 is the interior space of the post that allows fluid to traverse throughout the post. In the present invention, the post bay forms a single, continuous void that lacks internal wall structuring for specific routing of fluid. Fluid can be specifically routed into desired computer blades using cartridges that allow selective entry into computers. The apertures 7833 of the conduit posts 7825 preferably run the height of the post 7825 such that there is a post aperture 7833 corresponding to each cartridge adapter 7320 (if present) or cartridge aperture 7400 (if an adapter is not present). In instances where fluid flow is not desired from a computer to the conduit post, a stopper (not pictured) may be utilized that simply serves as a physical barrier and is dimensioned to elastically fit the post aperture 7833. A post cover 7831 can be removable and positioned co-extensive with the contact surface 7827. In other embodiments the post cover 7831 is unitary with the conduit post, and still others the post cover 7831 is aggregated from individual cartridges that are sized to accept merely a single adapter 7320. Accordingly ‘blank’ post cover cartridges can be provided analogous to stand cartridges 7300 that allows the post cover 7831 to be constructed of constituent elements. The post apertures 7833 will vary in size, placement, and number with the adapters 7320 on the stand. The spacing of the post apertures can vary based on the dimensions of the post cover cartridges or spacing between adapters 7320. The advantage in a removable post cover 7831 or other removable portion of the conduit post is that it allows access to the interior of the post for cleaning and maintenance. The conduit posts in preferred embodiments exclusively handle incoming fluid and outgoing fluid respectively. Furthermore, the conduit post preferably permits the unhindered fluid flow throughout the entirety of the body thereof; and by permitting all of one type of fluid (i.e., heated computer exhaust fluid or cooled input fluid), the need for internal conduit channeling is obviated and where multiple flexible conduit segments were used, now merely a single substantially rigid conduit post may be used. An advantage of the present invention resides in the overall aggregation of components of the server rack system 7000. Support rails 7630 and cross rails 7636 as in conventional rack systems support the weight of server blades placed within the system. One of the often unconsidered byproducts of a conventional rack and the present invention 7000 is that the members 7630 contract when exposed to the often considerable weight of a fully, or even partially, loaded rack causing the entire rack to sag by multiple millimeters. Accordingly conduit or other connections between components placed on the apex of a rack and within the rack, in order to maintain a static connection, require elasticity or slack to accommodate the displacement. In prior descriptions of the present invention, one of the preferred versions of shunting fluid into the rack and server blades includes the use of cartridges and hollow components with flexible conduit. The preferred embodiment of the EDS present invention as depicted in these FIGS positions the manifold 7200, or that it is to say, the part and means of the invention that distributes fluid to rack servers within the sections of the rack that participate in “rack displacement” perhaps even to the same degree, or proportionally to a similar degree, as the server blades themselves. Note that the manifold 7200 is positioned both in concert with the conduit 7002 and the blades 7305. All three of these components 7002, 7200, 7305 displace together. In constructing the present invention, sagging is not necessarily a desired trait. It is often considered in the art that racks ought not be fully loaded, and some believe that less than a half rack complement should be considered a limit. Further reasons to avoid a ‘full complement’ of server racks includes the fact that the close-fit placement of adjacent server racks creates thermal management concerns so that adjacent server blades contribute to the thermal load of nearby other blades. One often sees blades placed within the rack in an alternating arrangement so as to ameliorate thermal problems associated with closely-spaced heated elements. However, as mentioned, sagging is more of an inevitable result than a sought result, and the present invention is constructed to minimize the effects of sagging. The support members 7630, 7636 should be constructed of high strength materials such as steel or aluminum. These components should be displaced as little as possible. However, because displacement is inevitable, the conduit 7825 should be constructed of a non-metallic material, and presently the conduit is constructed of a plastic composite. The cartridges, when used, flex with the blades as the blades are urged downward with the weight of the blades. Any manifolds, when in many versions of the present invention may be, placed upon the top and or lower extent of the rack blade stack “floats” in a position that ‘rides’ with the blades. Accordingly the materials of the manifolds may be constructed of either a metal or non-metal. The posts 7825 of the embodiment can be utilized as tributary gas injectors/expellers to accept or inject gas into/away-from the internal components of the computers. Other forms of tributary gas distribution can include the server conduit 5120 of FIG. 30. The disclosure concerning the EDS and rack-mounted fans can be found in U.S. Patent Application 16/712,989 filed December 13, 2019 titled Computer Server Heat Regulation Utilizing Integrated Precision Air Flow, the invention and disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred versions thereof, other versions would be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred versions contained herein.

Claims

What is claimed is: 1. A server facility comprising: a building defining an enclosed building interior, a working floor, and a subfloor, and having building inlet conduit between said subfloor and said working floor; for sealed movement of gas within said building and outlet conduit for exhausting gas to a heat reservoir; a server rack stand cabinet, positioned above said building inlet conduit, comprising lateral support members defining an interior void dimensioned to accept a server computer, and selectably substantially-sealed cabinet peripheral surfaces defining a cabinet aperture proximate to a cabinet conduit with an actuating sleeve adapted to assume a retracted position and a submerged position beyond said peripheral surfaces, said cabinet having tributary server conduit adapted to conduct gas from said cabinet conduit toward said interior void; and an airflow source for urging air from said building inlet conduit to said heat reservoir.

2. The facility of claim 1 wherein said airflow source is positioned between said working floor and said subfloor.

3. The facility of claim 2 wherein said airflow source includes at least two linearly- positioned airflow motivators.

4. The facility of claim 1 wherein said working floor includes a matrix of uniform, removable base tiles.

5. The facility of claim 4 wherein said working floor includes said base tiles and an embedded tile comprising said airflow source.

6. The facility of claim 5 wherein said working floor includes said base tiles and an embedded tile comprising a tile aperture dimensioned to accept said cabinet conduit.

7. The facility of claim 1 wherein said sleeve is self-supportingly affixed to said cabinet conduit.

8. The facility of claim 2 wherein said sleeve radially actuates to achieve said submerged position in a self-supporting state.

9. The facility of claim 8 wherein said sleeve radially adjusts about said tile aperture to form a sealed fit therebetween as a locked position.

10. The facility of claim 1 wherein said working floor is a raised floor.

11. The facility of claim 1 wherein said airflow source is powered from a circuit extending from said cabinet.

12. A server rack stand cabinet comprising: selectably substantially-sealed cabinet peripheral surfaces composed of a sidewall, floor, and ceiling bearing lateral support members defining an interior void dimensioned to accept a server computer, said cabinet peripheral surfaces defining a cabinet aperture; a cabinet conduit with an actuating sleeve adapted to assume a retracted position and a submerged position beyond said peripheral surfaces; tributary server conduit adapted to conduct gas from said cabinet conduit toward said interior void.

13. The server rack stand cabinet of claim 12 further comprising an electrical circuit having a lead positioned approximate to said cabinet conduit for the remote powering of an airflow source positioned external to said cabinet.

14. The server rack stand cabinet of claim 13 further comprising a monitor having a graphic user interface for the selected powering of said airflow source.

15. The server rack stand cabinet of claim 12 having an actuating sidewall for accessing said interior void.

16. An airflow source kit for use in a server facility, said airflow source comprising: an embedded floor tile comprising a tile aperture; and a primary airflow source, proximate to said aperture, positioned to conduct gas through said tile aperture. 16. The kit of claim 16 further comprising a brace extending from said tile for the ancillary support of said embedded tile on a subfloor.

17. The kit of claim 16 further comprising a solid base tile having exterior dimensions similar to said embedded floor tile.

18. The kit of claim 16 further comprising an ancillary airflow source linearly positioned with respect to said primary airflow source.