Patent ID: 7486526
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a chassis assembly constructed and arranged to (i) mount to a standard electronic equipment rack and (ii) consume substantially 1U of space in a particular direction within the standard electronic equipment rack, the chassis assembly including a housing and a midplane disposed within the housing, the midplane dividing space defined by the housing into a front region and a back region opposite the front region; a set of computing devices constructed and arranged to electrically connect to and electrically disconnect from the midplane of the chassis assembly in a hot swappable manner the set of computing devices including a first computing device and a second computing device supported in a side-by-side manner and constructed and arranged to independently slidably engage and disengage with the midplane through one or more openings in the back region of the housing; at least a first and a second pair of power supply/blower assemblies constructed and arranged to electrically connect to and electrically disconnect from the midplane of the chassis assembly in a hot swappable manner through one or more openings in the front region of the housing, each power supply/blower assembly including a blower and a power supply, the first pair of power supply/blower assemblies powering the first computing device and the second pair of power supply/blower assemblies powering the second computing device; and wherein each of the power supply/blower assemblies slidably engages the one or more openings in the front region of the housing in a blind mating manner and disengages the one or more openings in a blind de-mating manner and wherein each set of computing devices slidably engages the one or more openings in the back region of the housing in a blind mating manner and disengages the one or more openings in a blind de-mating manner.