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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2012
Mark Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Chicago, IL (US);
Bradley Ronald Kangas, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Chris R. Zettinger, Wheaton, IL (US);
Mark Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Chicago, IL (US);
Bradley Ronald Kangas, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Chris R. Zettinger, Wheaton, IL (US);
CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention comprises a reconfigurable chassis with one or more multi-functionality card slots, where each multi-functionality card slot is capable of being populated with at least one of a plurality of different types of cards, including port cards and switch cards. In a first configuration, the port card slots and the multi-functionality card slots are populated with port cards. In a second configuration, a first set of multi-functionality card slots is populated with switch cards and a second set of multi-functionality card slots is populated with port cards. In a third configuration, the first set of multi-functionality card slots and the second set of multi-functionality card slots are populated with switch cards.