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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Joseph P. King, Jr., Sterling, MA (US);
William Brian Cunningham, Westborough, MA (US);
Ilhan Gundogan, Lexington, MA (US);
Joseph P. King, Jr., Sterling, MA (US);
William Brian Cunningham, Westborough, MA (US);
Ilhan Gundogan, Lexington, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A modular patch panel for interconnecting a data storage system controller to data storage enclosures is provided. The modular patch panel includes a chassis and modular interface circuitry. The chassis has a front end and a back end, the front end and the back end being horizontally opposed, the back end attaching to a panel portion of a rack system, the panel portion electrically connecting to the data storage enclosures over a set of point-to-point connections. The modular interface circuitry has (a) a data storage interface portion electrically connected to the set of point-to-point connections through the panel and (b) a controller interface portion electrically connecting to the data storage system controller through the front end. The modular interface circuitry is interchangeable through an opening in the front end. It is also constructed and arranged to manage digital communications between the data storage system controller and the data storage enclosures according to a data storage system protocol used by the data storage system controller.