Cooling Intakes
A cooling intake is a device component which consumes coolant, such as a server cold-plate inlet or a coolant distribution unit (CDU) intake. It receives coolant from the cold, supply side of a loop (see cooling for the overall flow model). A cooling intake optionally references the upstream cooling outflow which supplies it.
Tip
Like most device components, cooling intakes are instantiated automatically from cooling intake templates assigned to the selected device type when a device is created.
Fields
Device
The device to which this cooling intake belongs.
Module
The installed module within the assigned device to which this cooling intake belongs (optional).
Name
The name of the cooling intake. Must be unique to the parent device.
Label
An alternative physical label identifying the cooling intake.
Connector Type
The physical coolant connector type (e.g. UQD, UQDB, QDC, camlock, or threaded NPT/BSP).
Diameter
The connector diameter, expressed as a numeric value with a selectable unit (millimeters, centimeters, or inches). Must be a positive, non-zero value in the selected unit, or left blank.
Maximum Flow
The maximum coolant flow rate this port supports, expressed as a numeric value with a selectable unit (liters per minute, cubic meters per hour, or gallons per minute). Must be a positive, non-zero value in the selected unit, or left blank.
Cooling Outflow
The upstream cooling outflow which supplies this intake (optional).