Patent ID: 8934253
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G02B,G06F,H04Q,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bladed panel system comprising: a chassis including a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front, the chassis also including a backplane at a rear of the chassis, the backplane including a plurality of blade ports facing the interior of the chassis and a processor port facing an exterior of the chassis; a plurality of blades coupled to the chassis, each blade being separately moveable relative to the chassis between a closed position and at least a first extended position, each blade being configured to connect to one of the blade ports of the backplane, each blade including a blade processor and a plurality of smart couplers that define front ports configured to receive media segments, the blade processor being configured to manage the smart couplers to obtain physical layer information from the media segments received at the front ports, the blade processor being isolated from data signals propagated over the media segments; and a chassis processor electrically coupled to the processor port of the chassis backplane, the chassis processor being electrically connected to each of the blade processors via the backplane, the chassis processor being configured to manage the blade processors.