Airflow Systems

Rack layouts vary greatly and often times it is necessary to mount switches in the back of the cabinet to attain more convenient cabling connections and reduce clutter. While this technique provides several benefits, the air intake is often exposed to elevated air temps as it's air supply has been pre-heated by the servers in the rack that discharge to the rear. Geist's switch cooling product line allows network switches to breathe cool air regardless of where they are mounted in the rack.

The Geist network switch cooling products are available in a wide range of configurations and rack space sizes. Designed to work with 1U to 9U devices and beyond, having the ability to channel air to wide ranges of intake / exhaust configurations such as side intake - rear exhaust, front intake - side exhaust, rear intake - front exhaust.

Network switches, load balancers, and routers typically sit at the top and back portion of the rack. This placement makes it difficult for cold air to travel from the front of the rack to the air intakes of the network switch equipment, increasing chances of failure over time. SwitchAir helps prevent failure by channeling cool air from the front of the rack to the air intakes regardless of where the equipment is mounted.

Network switches, load balancers, and routers typically sit at the top and back portion of the rack. This placement makes it difficult for cold air to travel from the front of the rack to the air intakes of the network switch equipment, increasing chances of failure over time. SwitchAir helps prevent failure by channeling cool air from the front of the rack to the air intakes regardless of where the equipment is mounted.

Benefits

• Reduces the chance of network switches overheating by directing cool air to device intakes.
• Reduces the likelihood of premature equipment failure due to high intake temperatures.
• Improves equipment efficiency by providing network equipment with the same cold aisle temperature as other devices in the rack.
• Decreases wrap around hot airflow from the hot aisle to the cold aisle due to missing blanking panels.

Network switches, load balancers, and routers deployed in data centers today are often mounted in the back of server racks. This configuration can be convenient for cabling purposes, but allows hot exhaust air from servers to enter the switch intake, leading to decreased life expectancy of switches or even switch failure if the problem is not handled properly.

Geist's SwitchAir is the only product on the market today that provides a tailor-made solution for this problem. Geist's Passive SwitchAir units create a barrier to effectively prevent hot exhaust air from entering switch intakes. To take a more direct approach, deploy our Active SwitchAir line, which uses fans to supply cooled air from the cold aisle directly to switch intakes.

The SwitchAir provides cooling solutions for a wide range of switches and airflow configurations. To determine the SwitchAir that is right for your device, visit the SwitchAir Finder at www.vertivco.com.