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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Robert M. Mondor, Sutton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Michael Lewis, Maynard, MA (US);
Stuart Allen Berke, Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Mondor, Sutton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Michael Lewis, Maynard, MA (US);
Stuart Allen Berke, Austin, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An enclosure for an input-output (IO) subsystem comprises: a backplane; a plurality of first slots for accepting corresponding IO option modules; a second slot for accepting an IO controller module; a plurality of first connectors corresponding to the plurality of first slots for connecting the corresponding IO option modules to the backplane; a second connector corresponding to the second slot for connecting the IO controller module to the backplane; and wherein the backplane includes communication links for interconnecting the second connector to each of the plurality of first connectors.