Patent ID: 11888763
Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. An assembly for a network switch, comprising:
a rack; and
a spine section including one or more spine switches, at least one of the one or more spine switches including:
a support board that is attachable to the rack and that supports at least one first switch; and
a first set of connectors at a first edge of the support board that detachably connect to one or more first leaf switches to communicatively couple and decouple the at least one first switch from the one or more first leaf switches, wherein, when the one or more spine switches are positioned in the rack and are connected to the one or more first leaf switches, a longitudinal axis of each spine switch extends in a first direction and a longitudinal axis of each first leaf switch extends in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.