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

Claim 13:
14. A method for mounting devices in multiple orientations in a rack, comprising:
receiving, by each of a plurality of pairs of horizontal mounting slots in a first horizontal device mounting subsystem that are defined by a rack on first opposing sides of a first device housing defined between the rack and a first rack shelf that is included on the rack, respective pairs of device mounts in each of a 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 first device housing in order to configure the first device housing with a plurality of first horizontal device slots;
housing a plurality of first devices in a horizontal orientation in respective first horizontal device slots in the first device housing in the rack via engagement of each of the plurality of first 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 first devices from the first device housing in the rack;
receiving, by each of a plurality of pairs of vertical mounting slots in a first vertical device mounting subsystem that are defined by the rack and the first rack shelf on second opposing sides of the first 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 pair adjacent the second opposing sides of the first device housing in order to configure the second device housing with a plurality of first vertical device slots;
housing at least one of the plurality of first devices in a vertical orientation in respective first vertical device slots in the first device housing in the rack via engagement of each of the at least one of the plurality of first devices with at least one of the respective pairs of device mounts in the plurality of device mount pairs, the rack, and the first rack shelf;
removing a first pair of device mounts in a first device mount pair from a first pair of vertical mounting slots in which they are located;
moving the first device that is positioned in a first vertical device slot that was provided by the first device mount pair into an empty adjacent first vertical device slot that was provided by the first device mount pair without removing that first device from the first device housing.