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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

James L. Pringle, Jr., Pelham, NH (US);

Daniel Dufresne, Salem, NH (US);

Stephen E. Strickland, Foxboro, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 9/442 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01);
Abstract

An adapter assembly includes an adapter board. A first connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably electrically couple the adapter board to a high-availability IT component. A second connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably couple the adapter board to a non-hot-swappable industry standard expansion card. The adapter board includes hot swap logic configured to enable the non-hot-swappable industry standard expansion card to function as a hot-swappable industry standard expansion card.


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