Patent ID: 8351198

Claim:
A system, comprising: a telecommunications chassis, the telecommunications chassis comprising: an array of at least ten mezzanine card interfaces to couple to carrier card interfaces of mezzanine cards, the mezzanine card interfaces accessible from the face of the chassis, the mezzanine card interfaces to provide defined carrier card signals to the mezzanine cards when coupled, the mezzanine card interfaces arranged in parallel along a first axis along the face of the chassis, wherein each of the mezzanine card interfaces is coextensive along a second axis along the face of the chassis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein each of the at least ten mezzanine card interfaces is controlled and managed by a same carrier module; and the carrier module coupled to the array of at least ten mezzanine card interfaces, the carrier module to provide power, provide an Intelligent Platform Management Bus IPMB-0 signal, and detect coupling for each of the at least ten mezzanine card interfaces.