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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Earl Medeiros, Fall River, MA (US);
Julie Zhivich, Westborough, MA (US);
Jerome Cartmell, Millis, MA (US);
James Guyer, Northboro, MA (US);
Ramesh Doddaiah, Westborough, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for online replacement of a node enclosure are provided. A storage array system includes a node-pair housed in a node enclosure. Each node of the node-pair are be linked to a network and further linked to each other by external interconnects, independent of the enclosure. The interconnects couple the first storage node to the second storage node externally of the node enclosure. The node-pairs are configured to communicate independently of the node enclosure and the enclosure is replaceable without disruption of communication over the network.