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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
J. Michael Andrewartha, Plano, TX (US);
Martha G. Peterson, McKinney, TX (US);
Farrukh S. Syed, McKinney, TX (US);
Brent A. Boudreaux, Highland Village, TX (US);
Richard A. Schumacher, Dallas, TX (US);
Bryan Wayne Pogor, Dallas, TX (US);
Eric C. Peterson, McKinney, TX (US);
Lee Thomas VanLanen, Garland, TX (US);
Patrick Wesley Clark, McKinney, TX (US);
Michael Jay Zalta, Richardson, TX (US);
Scott Stuart Smith, Richardson, TX (US);
Kirankumar Chhaganlal Patel, Plano, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The input/output expansion system (“I/O expansion system”) for an external or main computing unit includes a rack; at least one I/O expansion module mounted to the rack, the I/O expansion module comprising at least one I/O circuit card; a utilities control module mounted to the rack, the utilities control module being configured to receive a command from the external computer unit and generating a signal in response to the command for distribution to at least one I/O expansion module; and expansion power chassis mounted to the rack, the an expansion power chassis being electrically connected to a power source and being configured to distribute the power to the at least one I/O expansion module and the utilities control module.