Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Gregory L Gibson

David W Sherrod

Kevin B Leigh

John Robert Grady

Troy Anthony Della Fiora

Vincent W Michna

Kurt A Manweiler

Stephen Kay

Jonathan E James Ou

Miles B Reyes

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

When a module is inserted into a bay of an electronic system, an electrical signal connector on the electronic system engages a mating signal connector on the module and an electrical power connector on the electronic system engages one of two mating power connectors on the module. The electrical power connector on the electronic system is on either a first side or a second side of the electrical signal connector. The mating power connectors are on the first and second sides of the mating signal connector on the module.

Electrical power connection with two power connectors on a module in an electronic system

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The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

Gregory L Gibson