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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Scalable cpu (central processing unit) modules for enabling in-place upgrades of electronics systems
Steven D. Sardella, Hudson, MA (US);
Kenneth Sullivan, Hudson, MA (US);
Brandon Barney, Hudson, MA (US);
Steven D. Sardella, Hudson, MA (US);
Kenneth Sullivan, Hudson, MA (US);
Brandon Barney, Hudson, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Described is an electronics enclosure having a midplane, a first field-replaceable CPU (central processing unit) module, and a second field-replaceable CPU module. Each CPU module is independently pluggable into and removable from the midplane. Each CPU module is configurable into either one of a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the CPU modules operate independently as separate CPU modules when configured according to the first configuration and cooperate as a unitary CPU module when configured according to the second configuration.