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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
William Dailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Angela Ying-ju Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Dailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Angela Ying-Ju Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to relates server rack architecture for housing computing components on a plurality of shelves. More specifically, the shelves of a particular rack may each include a power and data bus ('PDB') pre-configured to support a particular number of devices of the shelf. A PDB may also include a number of power and data connections for blind mating with the devices of the shelf. The PDB may include two blades which extend away from the PDB and blind mate with the main bus bar. Thus, each PDB may route both power and data signals between a main bus bar for the rack and each of the devices of the shelf. A shelf may be reconfigured for a different number of devices by changing the configuration of the PDB.