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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
James Guyer, Northborough, MA (US);
Brandon C. Barney, Hudson, MA (US);
Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr., Franklin, MA (US);
Stephen Daniel, Durham, NC (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A computer system for managing a computer network comprises a rack cabinet having a cabinet interior. A plurality of infrastructure connector assemblies are fixedly mounted on the rack cabinet in 1-U boundaries, each infrastructure connector assembly including a signal snap interface connector and a power snap interface connector. A plurality of compute elements are adapted to be slidably disposed within the cabinet interior of the rack cabinet in a stacked relationship, each compute element including at least one infrastructure connector assembly which releasably snap-interconnects with an associated infrastructure connector assembly mounted on the rack cabinet. A distributed power bay is disposed within the rack cabinet and provides central power for the computer system. A rack manager is disposed within the rack cabinet and includes the central video and I/O devices for the computer system. A cabinet controller is disposed within the rack cabinet and is responsible for the management of a geography bus and an intelligent chassis management bus for the computer system.