Patent ID: 7961475

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating cooling of an electronic subsystem board, the apparatus comprising: a container comprising a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall interconnecting the front wall and the back wall, the container being sized to receive through a sealable opening in the side wall thereof an electronic subsystem board, the container and the electronic subsystem board being configured for the electronic subsystem board to operatively dock within the container, the electronic subsystem board comprising multiple different types of components, wherein the container is sized and configured to operatively dock in a vertical orientation within an electronics rack; a hermetically sealed electrical connector disposed on the back wall of the container and configured to dock to an electrical backplane of the electronics rack when the container is operatively docked within the electronics rack, the hermetically sealed electrical connector being sized and configured to receive an electrical and network connector of the electronic subsystem board when the electronic subsystem board is operatively docked within the container and facilitate external electrical and network coupling thereto via the electrical backplane of the electronics rack; and a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port coupled to the container for facilitating ingress and egress of coolant through the container, the coolant inlet port being disposed in a lower portion of the container and the coolant outlet port being disposed in an upper portion of the container, wherein when the electronic subsystem board is operatively docked within the container and the container is operatively docked within the electronics rack, coolant flows through the container and the electronic subsystem board is immersion-cooled by the coolant, and wherein the sealable opening in the side wall of the container allows the hermetically sealed electrical connector on the back wall of the container and the coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port secured to the container to remain structurally stationary with docking or undocking of the electronic subsystem board in the container.