Server Rack Accessories

A Rackmount Monitor with Keyboard or a Rackmount KVM Switch is a space-saving solution for your computer rack environment. Incorporating panels, especially blanking panels, improve the cooling efficiency in the rack. These pieces optimize valuable rack space by consolidating your keyboard, monitor, and mouse into a 1U or 2U slice of rack space. With an optional KVM switch, you can control all the servers in your computer rack as well.

Server room equipment mounted in-rack cools itself by drawing air from the data center or network room. On some occasions, there is potential for hot exhaust air to be recycled into the equipment air intake. Unused vertical space in open frame racks and rack enclosures creates an unrestricted recycling of hot air that causes equipment to heat up unnecessarily. The use of blanking panels can reduce this problem.

By installing Raised Floor Grommets, you can optimize the effectiveness of your existing cooling equipment and manage the increasing heat loads. Floor Grommets specifically addresses bypass airflow and its detrimental effects on data center cooling.

Cable management is often overlooked when server environments are created. Some racks feature cable management channels, which help reduce clutter and increase air flow. There are also many benefits to using customized cables– utilizing cables of the proper length eliminates excess cable within an enclosure, which increases air flow and may prolong the life of the equipment. In addition, using color-coded cables helps administrators identify which services are running from each piece of equipment.

There are a variety of rackmount shelves available for your server rack. The depth and weight of the equipment you are installing within your computer rack should help guide you in determining the type of shelving you need; such as Heavy-Duty, Adjustable, Cantilever, etc.

Rack mounting hardware are essential tools and components for proper server and rackmount IT equipment installation. Mounting hardware includes Cage Nut Tools, 10-32 Tapped Cage Nuts and Screws, and server rack ganging kits (rack coupling kits).

Heat is an important factor that significantly affects IT performance. As server densities increase, their heat bi-products need to be dissipated in accordance with a well-thought-out cooling strategy. You can best mitigate heat issues if you have a thorough heat dissipation plan and invest in scalable computer room cooling solutions.

There are two main approaches to data center cooling: ambient air cooling and liquid cooling.

Environmental Monitoring appliances, also called rack monitoring appliances, allow you to actively monitor multiple variables in your data center or server room. This proactive approach lets you address problems as soon as they occur, rather than reacting after receiving a phone call from an end-user when an application is down, or rushing to investigate a problem after being notified that a system has failed.