1.4 Cabinet Cooling System
Each StorageWorks shelf contains two rear-mounted
blowers that move heat
from the shelf into the cabinet interior. The cabinet structure is such that heated
air moves from the cabinet interior up and out through the unused shelf positions
in the rear. It is then exhausted through the rear door. Logic signals allow the
status of the shelf blowers to be monitored by the host system.
Filler panels and air separation panels are used to properly route heated air
through the cabinet. Filler panels are flat plates that serve as covers for unused
shelf positions. Air separation panels are small baffles that mount just above
and outside the upper-most shelf in each side of the cabinet to prevent heated air
from being drawn down between the cabinet door and the shelf. Such air would
be drawn back into the shelf and would interfere with proper cooling.
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