Patent ID: 7979250
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of laying out a data center comprising: placing a plurality of dummy racks in the data center in a data center layout to establish a physically imitated data center, wherein each dummy rack imitates at least one operational characteristic of at least one respective electronics rack of a plurality of electronics racks to be disposed in the data center, and each dummy rack is different from the at least one respective electronics rack, and comprises: monitoring temperature within the physically imitated data center at multiple locations, and verifying the data center layout if the measured temperatures at the multiple locations are within respective acceptable temperature ranges for the data center when containing the plurality of electronics racks; and establishing the plurality of electronics racks within the data center using the verified data center layout, the establishing comprising for each dummy rack of the plurality of dummy racks, reconfiguring or replacing the dummy rack with the at least one respective electronics rack of the plurality of electronics racks.