Patent ID: 9320166
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a rack comprising a plurality of shelves; a plurality of shelf-mountable electrical systems, wherein respective ones of the plurality of shelf-mountable electrical systems are coupled to respective ones of the shelves, wherein the respective ones of the plurality of shelf-mountable electrical systems comprise one or more chassis, a shelf power supply mechanism configured to receive AC power from a power distribution system and supply DC power, and one or more shelf computing devices; an inter-shelf power-pooling bus coupled to the plurality of shelf-mountable electrical systems, wherein for a given shelf-mountable electrical system of the respective ones of the plurality of shelf-mountable electrical systems, the inter-shelf power pooling bus is coupled between: wherein the inter-shelf power-pooling bus is configured to supply pooled power from the shelf power supply mechanisms coupled to the inter-shelf power bus to the shelf computing devices coupled to the inter-shelf power-pooling bus.