Patent ID: 9693464
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A rack apparatus, comprising: a frame comprising (i) a power and cooling area and (ii) a block chassis forming one or more; a plurality of Information Technology (IT) components contained within a component cabinet inserted in the block chassis and which, when operational, enable the rack apparatus to function independently as an information handling system (IHS); a first busbar physically located at a back of the block chassis within the power and cooling area and which enables direct coupling to at least one of a second busbar and a power source to supply power to the plurality of IT components; a power interface board contained in the block chassis and coupled to the first busbar to supply power to the IT components contained in the component cabinet; a block controller contained in the block chassis and communicatively coupled to the plurality of IT components and which performs all block level control for the rack apparatus; and one or more physical supports at a bottom surface of the frame that enable the rack apparatus to be physically placed on top of a modular, expandable IT rack.