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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Paul J. Garnett, Camberley, GB;
Martin P. Mayhead, Hindhead, GB;
Thomas E. Giles, Union City, CA (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul J. Garnett, Camberley, GB;
Martin P. Mayhead, Hindhead, GB;
Thomas E. Giles, Union City, CA (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system comprises a plurality of shelves. Each shelf has a carrier for removably receiving a plurality of information processing modules and a switching module. Each shelf also has an interconnection member for providing connections between the information processing modules and the switching module. The shelves are logically connected into a plurality of stacks, the switching modules of the respective shelves in each stack being interconnected in a logical stacking configuration. The computer system further comprises a shelf having a carrier for removably receiving a master switching module, wherein the master switching module is connected into each stack as a common master switch for all of the stacks.