Patent ID: 7532616

Claim:
A multi-service platform system, comprising: a backplane; a switched fabric on the backplane; at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane; a payload module having one of a 3U form factor, a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor, wherein the payload module is communicatively coupled with the backplane using the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network; at least one multi-gigabit connector coupled to a rear edge of the payload module, wherein the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload module to the backplane, and wherein the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector; and a storage module coupled to the payload module, wherein the storage module is coupled to communicate with the switched fabric.