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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Warren D. Bailey, Durham, NC (US);
James E. Hughes, Durham, NC (US);
Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Pravin S. Patel, Durham, NC (US);
Challis L. Purrington, Durham, NC (US);
Jack P. Wong, Durham, NC (US);
Warren D. Bailey, Durham, NC (US);
James E. Hughes, Durham, NC (US);
Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Pravin S. Patel, Durham, NC (US);
Challis L. Purrington, Durham, NC (US);
Jack P. Wong, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and product are disclosed for expanding functionality of hard drive bays in a computing system that include: providing, by a connector in a hard drive bay, access to two or more data communication busses of different type; receiving, by the connector of the hard drive bay, a device mounted within the hard drive bay; and communicately coupling, by the connector of the hard drive bay, the device to one of the data communication busses.