International Business Machines Corporation

Kifumi Numata

Kenneth Robert Schneebeli

Yoshihiro Fujie

Michihiro Okamoto

Kenji Hidaka

Gregg Steven Lucas

Robert Akira Kubo

Jason Aaron Matteson

Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam

Yohichi Miwa

Yoshihiko Terashita

Tony Carl Sass

Bret W Lehman

Tohru Sumiyoshi

Robert Mark Lindsay

Hirokazu Nishimura

Koji Nakase

Kazunobu Umeda

A data storage library includes a drive enclosure bay which can be adapted to work with multiple air-flow configuration requirements. This is accomplished by creating air-flow ports in the top and bottom of the drive enclosure bay, by forming drive tray slots and printed circuit board ports in associated drive trays, by creating frame ports and PCB notches in associated interface cards, and replacing traditional connectors with slimmer but longer connectors that provide additional standoff and improved air-flow.

Air distribution system compatible with disparate data storage systems

A disk-drive storage assembly includes an interface card configurable to couple to a plurality of hard-disk drives. The interface card has a plurality of first vent openings to expose a surface area of each of the plurality of hard-disk drives. A drive chassis tray is coupled to the interface card having a plurality of second vent openings. The second vent openings are staggered to shift the exposed surface area of the hard-disk drives. A disk storage device includes a plurality of hard-disk drives. An interface card is coupled to the plurality of hard-disk drives. The interface card has a plurality of first vent openings to expose a surface area of each of the plurality of hard-disk drives. A drive chassis tray is coupled to the interface card having a plurality of second vent openings defined by a plurality of cross bars.

Multiple hard disk drive assembly cooling

A method for switching between boot devices in an information processing unit devoid of a human machine interface for inputting, the steps of short-circuiting an output port and an input port, outputting a verification signal from the output port at the time of powering on or restarting the information processing unit, determining whether or not the verification signal is input to the input port, switching the OS boot source to a second boot device if the verification signal is input to the input port, and switching the OS boot source to a first boot device if the verification signal is not input to the input port, is provided for.

Method for switching between boot devices in information processing unit

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Yokohama, Japan

Kifumi Numata