Patent ID: 9460042
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a backplane controller to couple to a carrier interface and a plurality of host controllers of different types, and to identify a host controller corresponding to a type of a storage device of a storage device carrier to interface with the carrier interface; wherein the backplane controller is to arbitrate multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller; and wherein the carrier interface is physically removably coupleable with a universal storage device carrier that the carrier interface is to universally accept, such that a first type of storage device, controllable by a corresponding first one of the plurality of host controllers, can be removed and replaced via carrier at the carrier interface with a storage device of a second type, controllable by a corresponding second one of plurality of host controllers, based on arbitration by the backplane controller.