Abstract: Provided is a process, medium, or system including using block chain as a distributed routing environment for contract based handoff to route streaming data to edge-based data centers.

Abstract: Provided is a patch panel, comprising: a circuit board; and an SFP, SFP+, or QSFP+ connector connected to a plurality of radio frequency coaxial (RF coaxial) connections via conductive traces of the circuit board, the RF coaxial connections configured to extend functionality of the SFP, SFP+, or QSFP+ socket of a computing device coupled to the patch panel from a rear end of the computing device to a front end of the computing device.

Abstract: Provided is a datacenter chamber having racks configured to hold arrays of rack-mounted computing devices. The datacenter chamber comprises three or more racks, each rack having a plurality of receptacles configured to hold a computing device; a chassis configured to secure each of the racks in spaced relation relative to one another, wherein the chassis is configured to secure the racks facing outward from an interior chamber defined by a back-side of the racks, and wherein the chassis is configured to position the racks facing at least three different directions; and an integrated cooling system configured to drive a cooling fluid along computing devices mounted in the racks and through the interior chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a device, including: a power supply comprising: a battery configured to output direct current (DC) power at a first voltage and a first current; a battery charger coupled to the battery and configured to charge the battery; a power-converter configured to receive DC power from the battery and convert the DC power to output DC power at a second voltage and a second current, the second voltage being less than half the first voltage and the second current being greater than twice the first current; and an interface to couple output power from the power-converter to a bus-bar power interface of a rack configured to hold computing equipment.

Abstract: Provided is a method of localizing rack-mounted computing devices, the method comprising: receiving, with a direct current (DC) power bus or via an Ethernet control network or data network, a request from a control unit for a rack computing device location; generating, with a sensor, output signals conveying information related to a location of the rack-mounted computing device; and sending, with the direct current (DC) power bus or via an Ethernet control network or data network, location information of the rack-mounted computing device.

Abstract: Provided is a process, including: receiving, with a rack-controller, via a first network, an application program interface (API) request; based on the API request, selecting, with the rack-controller, one of a plurality of routines to effectuate control via the second network of at least some of the plurality of rack-mounted computing devices; executing, with the rack-controller, the selected routine and, as a result, sending one or more commands via the second network encoded in a second protocol different from the first protocol to effectuate an action indicated by the API request.

Abstract: Provided is a process, medium, or system including using block chain as a distributed routing environment for contract based handoff to route streaming data to edge-based data centers.

Abstract: Provided is a process of managing rack-mounted computing devices in a data center with a distributed peer-to-peer management system, the process including: determining roles of data-center management computing devices in a distributed peer-to-peer data-center management system; receiving, via an out-of-band network, a data-center management command at a given data-center management computing device; distributing, based on at least some of the roles, via the out-of-band network, the data-center management command.

Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving, with a given rack computing unit, direct current (DC) power via a DC bus connected to a plurality of rack computing units of a rack and configured to deliver DC power to the plurality of rack computing units; determining that a duration of time designated for the given rack computing unit to access the DC power bus for transmission is occurring; in response to the determination, applying a time-varying electrical stimulus to the DC power bus, wherein the time-varying electrical stimulus encodes an address on the DC power bus of a rack controller and a sensor measurement indicative of operation of the given rack computing unit; and concurrent with applying the time-varying electrical stimulus, filtering voltage fluctuations of the DC power bus resulting from the time-varying electrical stimulus to produce electrical power used by the given rack computing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a QSFP+ patch panel, comprising: a circuit board; a plurality of pairs of QSFP+ sockets connected to one another via conductive traces of the circuit board; and one or more microcontrollers coupled to at least two of the conductive traces of each pair of QSFP+ sockets. The one or more microcontrollers comprise memory storing instructions that when executed cause the one or more microcontrollers to perform operations comprising: obtaining configuration settings for the QSFP+ sockets; and configuring connections of the QSFP+ sockets based on the configuration settings.

Abstract: Provided is a base for a server rack, the base comprising a first arm extending in a first direction; a second arm extending in a second direction, different from the first direction, the first arm and second arm each having a bottom configured to face a floor and a top configured to face toward rack-mounted computing equipment; a plurality of height-adjustable stands extending from the bottom of the first arm and the second arm; and a plurality of ball-bearings extending from the top of the first arm and the second arm.

Abstract: Provided is a device, including: a first interface to couple the device to a direct current (DC) bus-bar power interface of a rack configured to hold computing equipment; a second interface to couple the device to an alternative (AC) power input interface of the computing equipment; a powerline modem; and a controller operative to execute commands form the powerline modem.

Abstract: Provided is a process for cooling a datacenter chamber having racks configured to hold arrays of rack-mounted computing devices, the process including: directing a cooling fluid, at a first temperature and a first pressure from an outer radius of circularly arranged racks through the racks and components within the racks; passing the cooling fluid to an interior chamber of the datacenter chamber at a second temperature and a second pressure; and directing the cooling fluid upward to exit the interior chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a datacenter chamber having racks configured to hold arrays of rack-mounted computing devices. The datacenter chamber comprises three or more racks, each rack having a plurality of receptacles configured to hold a computing device; a chassis configured to secure each of the racks in spaced relation relative to one another, wherein the chassis is configured to secure the racks facing outward from an interior chamber defined by a back-side of the racks, and wherein the chassis is configured to position the racks facing at least three different directions; and an integrated cooling system configured to drive a cooling fluid along computing devices mounted in the racks and through the interior chamber.