Cisco Technology, Inc.

Helen Shtargot

Robert Arthur Loose

Phong Hoang Ho

Dattatri N Mattur

Torence Lu

Shawn Emory Bender

David Phillip Tarkington

Stephen A Scearce

William Jeffrey Lewis

Ming Chi Chen

Lwin O Tint

James Everett Grishaw

Rene Duzac

Kimberly Rae Turner

Terri LaBelle Cruse

An apparatus for connecting a router blade to a router chassis is provided. The apparatus includes an engagement portion; a first side portion coupled with the engagement portion; and a second side portion coupled with the engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a connector system that is operable to couple a router blade with a router chassis. The first side portion is operable to engage the router blade and the router chassis. The second side portion is operable to engage a router blade and the router chassis. The engagement portion, first side portion, and second side portion are sized to engage the router chassis and receive the router blade.

Adaptor for a router blade

A network device includes card slots and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors.

Slot adapter for reconfiguring slots in a network device

A router includes WIC and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors. A motherboard/midplane arrangement provides for a field replaceable motherboard that can be replaced without removing the router from the rack.

Router with field replaceable motherboard

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Foster City, CA, United States of America

Helen Shtargot