Intelligent rack enclosure
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1. An equipment enclosure, comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of side panels defining an interior compartment divided into a first region dimensioned to contain an equipment rack and bounded on sides by a plurality of mounting rails, and a second region disposed between the plurality of side panels of the housing and the plurality of mounting rails of the first region, a width of the second region between the plurality of side panels and the plurality of mounting rails being less than a width of the first region between mounting rails; and
a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the equipment enclosure and wholly disposed in the second region of the interior compartment.
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Abstract
An equipment enclosure includes a housing defining an interior compartment divided into a first region dimensioned to contain an equipment rack and a second region disposed outside of the first region and bounded by the first region and the housing; and a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the equipment enclosure and wholly disposed in the second region of the interior compartment.
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1. An equipment enclosure, comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of side panels defining an interior compartment divided into a first region dimensioned to contain an equipment rack and bounded on sides by a plurality of mounting rails, and a second region disposed between the plurality of side panels of the housing and the plurality of mounting rails of the first region, a width of the second region between the plurality of side panels and the plurality of mounting rails being less than a width of the first region between mounting rails; and a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the equipment enclosure and wholly disposed in the second region of the interior compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An equipment enclosure, comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of side panels defining an interior compartment divided into a first region dimensioned to contain an equipment rack and bounded on sides by a plurality of mounting rails, and a second region disposed between the plurality of side panels of the housing and the plurality of mounting rails of the first region, a width of the second region between the plurality of side panels and the plurality of mounting rails being less than a width of the first region between mounting rails; and means disposed in the second region for monitoring at least one operating parameter of the interior compartment and providing an indication to a user of a status of the at least one operating parameter.
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15. A method of assembling an equipment enclosure, the equipment enclosure including a housing having a plurality of side panels defining an interior compartment divided into a first region dimensioned to contain an equipment rack and bounded on sides by a plurality of mounting rails, and a second region disposed between the plurality of side panels of the housing and the plurality of mounting rails of the first region, a width of the second region between the plurality of side panels and the plurality of mounting rails being less than a width of the first region between mounting rails, the method comprising:
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mounting a controller to the housing such that the controller is wholly disposed in the second region of the interior compartment; and mounting at least one sensor in the interior compartment, the at least one sensor being operably coupled to the controller and configured to detect at least one operating parameter of the equipment enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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