Patent ID: 6452809
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A scalable Internet engine comprising:a cabinet having a front side and a rear side; and a plurality of engine blades housed in the cabinet, each engine blade including a motherboard removably positioned in the front side of the cabinet with a planar surface of the motherboard in a generally vertical orientation and having a first connector and a second connector operably positioned along a rear edge of the engine blade; a through plane mounted in the cabinet between the front side and the rear side, the through plane including: a plurality of through plane connectors each adapted for mating with the first connector of one of the plurality of engine blades; and p2 a plurality of apertures each defined in the through plane corresponding to one of the through plane connectors and through which the second connector for the corresponding one of the plurality of engine blades is accessible; and a plurality of interface cards housed in the cabinet, each interface card removably positioned in the rear side of the cabinet with a planar surface of the interface card in a generally vertical orientation and having a interface card connector adapted for mating with at least a portion of the second connector of one of the plurality of engine blades via a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures in the through plane.