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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Shareef F. Alshinnawi, Apex, NC (US);
Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John M. Weber, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
An electronic device has a number of ports that have the same physical form factor and that are receptive to cable insertion. The electronic device also has visual indicators corresponding to the ports. Each visual indicator indicates at least link establishment when a cable has been inserted into its corresponding port and a link has been established. When a cable is removed from a port, the electronic device controls its corresponding visual indicator to identify the port as one from which cable removal has recently occurred.