Emc Corporation

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Jeffrey Teachout

Brian William Gallagher

Erik C Nelson

Thomas Earl Linnell

Nikolai J Markovich

Bernard Warnakulasooriya

Lee Spechts

Lawrence G Pignolet

Natan Vishlitzky

Kendell Alan Chilton

William R Tuccio

A configurable fibre channel (FC) loop system is provided that may be used to couple mass storage devices to input/output (I/O) controllers in a data storage system. The system may include first and second port bypass systems (PBPS). Each PBPS may include FC protocol network sections having nodes that may be configured into different numbers of loops that may be used to couple the devices to the controllers.

Configurable fibre channel loop system

A cabinet having a plurality of rack mountable chassis. One portion of such chassis has directors and electrically interconnected memory and another portion of such chassis having a plurality of disk drives. The plurality of chassis are electrically interconnected to provide a data storage system interface. The another portion of the cabinets includes therein a printed circuit board having plugged into a surface thereof a plurality of disk drives. The cabinet includes a plurality of rack mountable chassis. A first one of such chassis has a memory and a plurality of directors for controlling data transfer between a host computer/server and a bank of disk drives as such data passes through the memory. A first plurality of the directors are for coupling to the host computer/server. A second plurality of the directors are for coupling to a bank of disk drives. A second one of such chassis has a plurality of disk drives, such disk drives being plugged into a surface of a printed circuit board. Electrical conductors are provided for connecting the disk drives in the second chassis to the second plurality of directors in the first chassis.

Disk drive system for a data storage system

A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an I/O adapter card, and an interconnect printed board, electrically connected to the motherboard. A backplane has a first connector adapted for coupling to a DC power supply. The interconnect printed circuit board has a DC to DC converter connected to a second connector adapted to mate with the first connector to enable the processing unit module to be hot plugged into, or removed from, the backplane. The backplane has formed thereon a strip transmission line adapted to provide an Ethernet bus for interconnecting a plurality of the modules. A cable management system for a cabinet used to house the module includes at least one vertically extending channel disposed in the cabinet and a fastener adapted to open and enable the a cable to be inserted into the channel and close to retain such cable within the channel. A chassis having a plurality of shelves for supporting electrical modules with a partitioning member adapted for removable insertion onto one of the shelves to accommodate modules with different widths. An I/O adapter card mounting plate, with captive hardware, adapted for securing an array of I/O adapted cards, and honey-combed I/O adapter card filler plate to a case. A method for booting operating system software into a main memory of a processing unit.

Data server with hot replaceable processing unit modules

A system is provided that may be used to mount mass storage devices so that they may be used in a mass storage system. The mass storage devices may include respective disk storage devices. Each of the disk storage devices may have a respective form factor that may be a respective one of two possible form factors (e.g., low profile or half-height form factor).

Mass storage device mounting system

Electrical cabinet for storing a plurality of disk drives. The cabinet has an array of slots, each one of the slots being adapted to receive a corresponding one of a plurality of disk drives. Each one of the disk drive has a pair of ports. A printed circuit board mounted to a rear of the housing. The board having a plurality of plugs, each one of the plugs being positioned in registration with a corresponding one of the slots to make electrical connection to such corresponding one of the disk drives. The housing has a slot for receiving a pair of fibre channel port by-pass cards. The port by pass cards are electrically interconnected to the disk drives through the printed circuit board. Each one of such port-by pass cards is coupled to a corresponding one of a pair input/output ports through a corresponding one of a pair fibre channel transmission medium. Each one of the port by-pass cards is coupled to a corresponding one of the pair of ports of the disk drives. Each one of the port by-pass cards is configured to couple a selected one, or ones of the disk drives coupled thereto to or from a fibre channel provided by the port by-pass card being the input/output port thereon selectively in accordance with control signals fed to thereto.

Fibre channel data storage system

An electrical cabinet stores, or houses, a variety electrical components. The electrical components within the cabinet may be interconnected and may be connected to other electrical components external to the cabinet. The cabinet has an access door with a door stop that allows the door to be locked in an open position. The cabinet contains a workstation with a pivoting platform that supports an electrical component. The cabinet has an extendable bracket that extends allows an electrical component to be extended from the cabinet and removed by lifting the component in an upward direction. The cabinet has a board guide module that aligns a circuit board with an electrical connector in the cabinet. The cabinet has a bulkhead connector that reduces electromagnetic degradation in electrical cables that extend from the cabinet.

Electrical cabinet having printed circuit board receiving guide slots

Electrical cabinet having a pivoting platform

Apparatus for securing an array of I/O adapter cards to a case, each one of the I/O adapter cards having mounted thereto a mounting bracket having a screw receiving hole and being adapted to be plugged into a motherboard. The apparatus includes an I/O adapter card mounting plate having captive fastening hardware and tips. The plate is adapted to be placed over the mounting bracket as a single piece. The captive hardware is adapted to pass through a first set of screw receiving holes and tips to be inserted into another set of screw receiving holes. The captive hardware is adapted to enable manual fastening of the mounting member to secure the mounting bracket between the mounting plate and the case after the array of I/O adapter cards has been plugged into the motherboard. Each one of the cards has mounted thereto an L-shaped mounting bracket, such bracket having a screw receiving hole therein. The plate is adapted to be placed over a foot of L-shaped brackets as a single piece. The captive hardware is adapted to pass into the screw receiving holes of one set of the cards to enable manual fastening of the case to secure the array of printed circuit board.

I/O adapter card mounting plate

An electrical cabinet stores, or houses, a variety electrical components. The electrical components within the cabinet may be interconnected and may be connected to other electrical components external to the cabinet. The cabinet has an access door with a door stop that allows the door to be locked in an open position. The cabinet contains a work station with a pivoting platform that supports an electrical component. The cabinet has an extendable bracket that extends allows an electrical component to be extended from the cabinet and removed by lifting the component in an upward direction. The cabinet has a board guide module that aligns a circuit board with an electrical connector in the cabinet. The cabinet has a bulkhead connector that reduces electromagnetic degradation in electrical cables that extend from the cabinet.

Electrical cabinet having an extendable bracket supporting a battery

Electrical cabinet having a bulkhead with electrical connectors

A cabinet having a plurality of compartments adapted to have disposed in a corresponding one thereof one of a plurality of processing unit modules. Each one of the modules includes a case. The case has a motherboard mounting surface adapted to have mounted thereto one of a plurality of differently configured motherboards, each one of the differently configured motherboards having a different arrangement of a CPU, main memory and I/O adapted cards. The case also has a bulkhead mounting surface adapted to have mounted thereto one of a plurality of differently configured I/O bulkheads, each one of the differently configured bulkheads being configured for a corresponding one of the differently configured motherboards. The case has a fan mounting surface adapted to have mounted thereto one of a plurality of differently configured fan assemblies, each one of the differently configured fan assemblies being configured for a corresponding one of the differently configured motherboards. The case is provided having a motherboard mounting surface adapted to have mounted thereto a CPU, main memory and an I/O adapter card. The I/O adapter card has a front lower edge adapted for plugging into the motherboard. A cover is adapted for mounting to the case over the motherboard. The cover has an anti-vibration member adapted to engage a rear upper edge of the I/O adapter card and maintain the I/O adapter card securely plugged into the motherboard when the cover is mounted to the case.

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Upton, MA, United States of America

Jeffrey Teachout