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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, MN (US);
Camillo Sassano, Durham, NC (US);
Kevin L. Schultz, Raleigh, NC (US);
George W. Van Leeuwen, Rochester, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A chassis for mounting sub-rack modular units is disclosed that includes a frame defining a forward opening through which modular units are inserted to attach to the frame, a first backplane attached to the frame and that operates to provide a first functionality to one or more attached modular units that are coupled to connectors of the first backplane, and a second backplane attached to the frame and that operates to provide a second functionality to one or more attached modular units that are coupled to connectors of the second backplane, wherein the second functionality is different than the first functionality.