Modular fan chassis air filtering system
A modular fan chassis air filtering system includes a base that defines a fan device housing that houses a fan device. At least one system chassis coupling feature is included on the base and couples to a system chassis via a modular fan chassis housing defined by the system chassis. An air inlet is defined by the base and allows air to enter the fan device housing in response to operation of the fan device. An air outlet is defined by the base and allows air to exit the fan device housing in response to operation of the fan device. An air filter housing is defined by the base, located between the air inlet and the air outlet, and houses an air filter that filters the air that enters the fan device housing through the air inlet before that air exits the fan device housing through the air outlet.
1. A modular fan chassis air filtering system, comprising:
a base that defines a fan device housing that is configured to house a fan device, wherein the base includes a front wall, a bottom wall that extends from the front wall, a first side wall that extends from the front wall, and a second side wall that is spaced apart from the second side wall and that extends from the front wall;
an air inlet that is defined by a plurality of apertures that extend through the front wall of the base and that is configured to allow air to enter the fan device housing;
an air outlet that is defined by the base and that is configured to allow air to exit the fan device housing;
an air filter housing that is defined by the base, that is located immediately adjacent the air inlet and between the air inlet and the air outlet, and that is configured to house an air filter, wherein the air filter housing includes an air filter entrance that is defined by the front wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and wherein the air filter entrance is configured to receive the air filter for the air filter housing when the base is assembled and the fan device is housed in the fan device housing;
an air filter located in the air filter housing;
a handle that is located on the base immediately adjacent the air inlet and that extends from a surface of the front wall;
a light emitting device (LED) that is located in the handle: and
a status indicator coupling extending between the LED and an LED connector wherein the LED connector is configured to couple with a system connector on the fan device, and
wherein the LED is configured to receive status indications from either the fan device or a processing system located in the system chassis through the status indicator coupling and, in response, illuminate the handle based on the status indications when the system connector on the fan device is coupled to the LED connector and a fan device connector that is located in the system chassis; and
a fan device that is located in the fan device housing and that is coupled to the LED connector via the system connector that is configured to couple to the fan device connector that is located in the system chassis;
wherein the plurality of apertures are disposed on each lateral side of the handle on the front wall.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein in the air filter housing is configured to house the air filter having a height of substantially one rack unit.
3. An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
a system chassis that defines a system chassis housing and that defines a modular fan chassis housing;
a processing system that is located in the system chassis; a memory system that is located in the system chassis;
a modular fan chassis that is located in the modular fan chassis housing and that includes:
a base that defines a fan device housing that is configured to house a fan device, wherein the base includes a front wall, a bottom wall that extends from the front wall, a first side wall that extends from the front wall, and a second side wall that is spaced apart from first side wall and that extends from the front wall;
an air inlet that is defined by a plurality of apertures that extend through the front wall of the base and that is configured to allow air to enter the fan device housing;
an air outlet that is defined by the base and that is configured to allow air to exit the fan device housing and enter the system chassis housing;
an air filter housing that is defined by the base, that is located immediately adjacent the air inlet and between the air inlet and the air outlet, and that is configured to house an air filter, wherein the air filter housing includes an air filter entrance that is defined by the front wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and wherein the air filter entrance is configured to receive the air filter for the air filter housing when the base is assembled and the fan device is housed in the fan device housing;
an air filter located in the air filter housing;
a handle that is located on the base immediately adjacent the air inlet and that extends from a surface of the front wall;
a light emitting device (LED) that is located in the handle; and
a status indicator coupling extending between the LED and an LED connector wherein the LED connector is configured to couple with a system connector on the fan device, and
wherein the LED is configured to receive status indications from either the fan device or the processing system through the status indicator coupling and illuminate the handle based on the status indications when the system connector on the fan device is coupled to the LED connector and a fan device connector that is located in the system chassis; and
a fan device that is located in the fan device housing and that is coupled to the LED connector via the system connector that is configured to couple to the fan device connector that is located in the system chassis;
wherein the plurality of apertures are disposed on each lateral side of the handle on the front wall.
4. The IHS of claim 3 , wherein in the air filter housing is configured to house the air filter having a height of substantially one rack unit.
5. A method for providing air filtering for a modular fan chassis comprising:
positioning a fan device in a fan device housing that is defined by a modular fan chassis that includes a front wall, a bottom wall that extends from the front wall, a first side wall that extends from the front wall, and a second side wall that is spaced apart from the first side wall and that extends from the front wall;
coupling, to a system connector on the fan device, a Light Emitting Device (LED) connector that is coupled to a status indicator coupling extending between an LED that is visible on the front wall and the LED connector;
positioning an air filter via an air filter entrance and into an air filter housing that is defined by the modular fan chassis and that is located immediately adjacent the air inlet and adjacent the fan device housing, wherein the air filter entrance is defined by the front wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and wherein the modular fan chassis is assembled and the fan device is housed in the fan device housing;
positioning, subsequent to the positioning the air filter via the air filter entrance and into the air filter housing, the modular fan chassis in a modular fan chassis housing defined by a system chassis, the positioning the modular fan chassis in the modular fan chassis housing defined by the system chassis includes using a handle that extends from a surface of the front wall and that is located immediately adjacent the air inlet wherein the plurality of apertures are disposed on each lateral side of the handle on the front wall;
coupling the system connector to a fan device connector that is located in the system chassis and that is coupled to a processing system located in the system chassis;
operating the fan device to cause air to enter the fan device housing through an air inlet that is defined by a plurality of apertures that extend through the front wall of the modular fan chassis;
filtering the air that enters the fan device housing through the air inlet using the air filter; and
illuminating the LED based on a status indication received by the LED from either the fan device or the processing system via the system connector, the LED connector, and the status indicator coupling, wherein the LED that is visible on the front wall is located in the handle and the illumination of the LED based on the status indication illuminates the handle.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the air filter housing is configured to house the air filter having a height of substantially one rack unit.