Patent ID: 11930612
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
receiving, by each of a plurality of pairs of horizontal mounting slots in a second horizontal device mounting subsystem that are defined by the rack on first opposing sides of a second device housing defined between the rack, the first rack shelf, and a second rack shelf that is included on the rack, respective pairs of device mounts in each of the plurality of device mount pairs to position the respective pairs of device mounts in each of the plurality of device mount pairs adjacent the first opposing sides of the second device housing in order to configure the second device housing with a plurality of second horizontal device slots;
housing a plurality of second devices in the horizontal orientation in the second device housing in the rack via engagement of each of the plurality of second devices with at least one of the respective pairs of device mounts in the plurality of device mount pairs and the rack;
removing the plurality of second devices from the second device housing in the rack;
receiving, by each of a plurality of pairs of vertical mounting slots in a second vertical device mounting subsystem that are defined by the first rack shelf and the second rack shelf on second opposing sides of the second device housing, respective pairs of the device mounts in each of the plurality of device mount pairs to position the respective pairs of device mounts in each of the plurality of device mount pairs adjacent the second opposing sides of the second device housing in order to configure the second device housing with a plurality of second vertical device slots;
housing at least one of the plurality of second devices in respective second vertical device slots in the vertical orientation in the second device housing in the rack via engagement of each of the at least one of the plurality of second devices with at least one of the respective pairs of device mounts in the plurality of device mount pairs, the first rack shelf and the second rack shelf;
removing a second pair of device mounts in a second device mount pair from a second pair of vertical mounting slots in which they are located;
moving the first device that is positioned in a second vertical device slot that was provided by the second device mount pair into an empty adjacent second vertical device slot that was provided by the second device mount pair without removing that first device from the second device housing.