Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

David W Sherrod

Kevin B Leigh

George D Megason

Wade David Vinson

Joseph R Allen

Troy Anthony Della Fiora

Kurt A Manweiler

John P Franz

Robert B Curtis

Christopher C Wanner

Chong Sin Tan

Gregory L Gibson

Michael E Taylor

John Robert Grady

Alan B Doerr

Belgie B McClelland, Ii

Vincent W Michna

Arthur G Volkmann

Arthur K Farnsworth

David W Deis

Eric Mei

Stephen Kay

Tuan A Pham

George D Magason

Steve Novack

Scott Stephenson

Jonathan E JamesOu

Jonathan E James Ou

Miles B Reyes

Examples described herein relate to a latch for releasably coupling objects. In some such examples, the latch includes a receiver, a torque member, and a handle. The receiver includes a lobe to releasably engage an anchor point within a recess of the receiver. The torque member is rotatably coupled to the receiver to rotate the receiver. The handle includes a torque portion rotatably coupled to the torque member to rotate the torque member and includes a lever extending from the torque portion.

Latches with receivers to releasably engage anchor points

A rack frame includes a first plenum to serve as a first structural member and to supply air based on a blind-mate supply interface. A second plenum is to serve as a second structural member and to exhaust air based on a blind-mate exhaust interface. The first plenum is to structurally support and supply air for a removable module, and the second plenum is to structurally support and exhaust air from the removable module.

Plenums for removable modules

A modular connector infrastructure includes device connector modules having optical connectors to optically connect to respective subsets of electronic devices in a system. The device connector modules are removably connected to the electronic devices.

Connector modules to optically connect to electronic devices

Enclosures and systems that can control airflow and signal connectivity in a blade enclosure are provided. Some examples include a front section including a number of blade server modules, a rear section including a number of switch modules; and a middle section having a number of openings and a number of connectors, wherein the middle section controls airflow between the front section and the rear section in the blade enclosure with the number of openings and the middle section controls signal connectivity between a number of blades in the number of blade server modules and a number of switches in the number of switch modules with the number of connectors.

Blade enclosure

A plurality of connector modules are mounted to a support frame. The connector modules have respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, where the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules.

Connector modules having optical connectors moveable between a retracted position and an extended position

In the present idsclosure inter-rack optical plenum may be used to route optical fibers between multiple racks of a system. An intra-rack optical plenum may be coupled to one of the racks and the inter-rack optical plenum. The intra-rack optical plenum may route an optical fiber between a first connector configured to mate with a first device and a second connector conifugred to mate with the inter-rack optical plenum.

Optical plenum

Included are embodiments for toolless configuration of a computer enclosure. At least one embodiment of an apparatus includes a computer enclosure configured to support a plurality of components, the computer enclosure including a plurality of dividing walls, the dividing walls including a first opening and a second opening. Some embodiments include a divider configured for insertion into the computer enclosure and between the dividing walls, the divider including a first tab for coupling with the first opening, the divider including a second tab for coupling with the second opening, the divider further including a locking tab for locking the divider in place within the computer enclosure.

Toolless configuration of a computer enclosure

A blade device enclosure has a chassis configured to selectively house a plurality of configurations of full-high and half-high blade devices, an administrator module, and at least one input/output device. The blade device enclosure also has a printed circuit board including a passive high-speed midplane configured to electronically couple the blade devices to the administrator module and the at least one input/output device.

Blade device enclosure

Systems associated with moving heat out of a computer are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a large heat exchanger, large, quiet, automatically redundant fans, automatically redundant pumps, and a leak containment apparatus. The example system may also include logics for selectively controlling air flow, liquid flow, and flow paths.

Cooling assist module

An electronic module includes an enclosure having a front face and a rear face. An electronic circuit board is positioned in the enclosure and a processor is mounted to the electronic circuit board. A data storage device is positioned in the enclosure such that the processor is positioned between the data storage device and the electronic circuit board.

Component layout in an enclosure

Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a backplane infrastructure. The backplane infrastructure may include a passive power backplane configured to distribute power and comprising a first set of alignment holes, a signal backplane configured to route interface signals and comprising a second set of alignment holes and a set of common alignment pins, each alignment pin having an axis, wherein the set of common alignment pins are inserted into the first set of alignment holes and the second set of alignment holes to align the passive power backplane and the signal backplane about the axis.

Server infrastructure having independent backplanes to distribute power and to route signals

An electronic module enclosure has a frame with an airflow opening. A gate positioned within airflow opening pivots between open and closed positions, allowing a maximum and minimum amount of airflow, respectively, through the airflow opening.

Airflow adjustment in an electronic module enclosure

An enclosure houses electronic modules in a front region and a rear region. Airflow can be transferred through electronic modules in the front region and into a plenum. An airflow path in the enclosure transfers airflow from the front region of the enclosure to electronic modules housed in the rear region of the enclosure. Airflow is transferred through the electronic modules in the rear region and into the plenum.

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Tomball, TX, United States of America

David W Sherrod