Segmented IMserv server housing
Released 29 November 2002

APW Enclosure Products has introduced a further variant of its IMserv server rack. Developed to meet the needs of data centre owners, hosting providers and other organisations housing hardware and software services for multiple customers and/or applications, the 42U or 47U high, 600mm wide and 1000mm deep IMserv can be segregated into two, three or four independent secure sections.

Each section has its own 130-degree opening perforated front door, fitted with a swing handle and single point combination lock. The rear door is also perforated; the dividers, sides and top are solid, thereby ensuring that the front to back airflow is optimised.  

Common services to each section are provided. Cable entry apertures, fitted with brushes, are provided in the top and base, with 100mm x 80mm cable ducts on both sides of the rear of the cabinet. 4-channel signal cable ducts run the full height of the unit, with single independent breakouts into each segment of the enclosure; a separate full height, single channel, power cable duct is also provided, again with access into each sector.

IMserv is multi-vendor friendly and hence future-proof. The mechanical configurations of all servers available from the leading manufacturers can be accommodated within IMserv, enabling users to ignore the physical differences between different manufacturers’ products when making their server selection.

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Notes to Editors.

For further information:

APW contact:	
Marcus Edwards
APW Enclosure Products
Ashley Road
Uxbridge
Middlesex
UB8 2SQ

tel: + 44 (0)1895 237123
fax:+ 44 (0)1895 232164
marcus.edwards@apw.com
www.apw.com

Agency contact:		
Nigel May	
Parkfield
Parkfield House
Damerham
Hants
SP6 3HQ

tel: + 44 (0)1725 518321
fax: + 44 (0)1725 518378
nigel.may@parkfield.co.uk
www.parkfield.co.uk
	
APW is a technically enabled manufacturing services ("TEMS") company that designs and manufactures large, complex infrastructure products for OEMs in the communications, computing and Internet markets.  APW  has particular skills in the areas of manufacturing enclosures, thermal management, power supplies and backplanes; as well as core competencies in product and system design, integration and supply chain management. APW operates in more than 30 locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.