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2 | Enclosure and rack systems
Schneider Electric enclosure and rack systems
Today’s high-density server and networking applications demand a rack
infrastructure that can mount a mix of different equipment and support
high-capacity cable management in an efficient, flexible design.
Racks and enclosures: the building blocks of every IT environment
Trends like virtualization, consolidation, convergence, and blade server
adoption are forcing different types of equipment to share the same space.
Today’s high-density devices generate tremendous amounts of heat. Rapidly
changing business conditions require the IT environment to adapt and adjust
faster than ever, and the imperative of uninterrupted uptime now has the
corollary demand of efficiency.
Whether it’s a network closet, a server room, or a data center of any size,
IT operations rely on racks and enclosures for support, organization, and
management of the rack-mount equipment. Servers, storage, switches,
routers, power distribution units, console port servers, KVM switches — today’s
racks and enclosures are expected to support a greater number and greater
variety of applications and devices.
Check outWhite Paper #72:
“Five Basic Steps for Efficient Space
OrganizationwithinHighDensity Enclosures.”