Patent ID: 8498309

Claim:
A system, comprising: an electronic card configured for insertion into a chassis having a backplane, the electronic card comprising: a first electronic card power input to receive power from the backplane; an electronic card power output to provide power to a data transport module; a second electronic card power input to receive power from the data transport module; and the data transport module, the data transport module configured to be attached to the electronic card such that the data transport module is coplanar with the electronic card when attached and is sized such that when attached to the electronic card, the data transport module and electronic card together form an edge with extruded data transport conductors, the data transport module comprising: a data transport module power input to receive power from the electronic card; a data transport module power output to provide power from the data transport module to the electronic card; a first data transport interface to carry data between the electronic card and the data transport module; a second data transport interface having the extruded data transport conductors to carry data between the data transport module and the backplane of the chassis; circuitry communicatively coupled to the first data transport interface and the second data transport interface, the circuitry to, when in operation, translate a first communication protocol associated with the first data transport interface with a second, different communication protocol associated with the second data transport interface; wherein the first data transport interface is on a side of the data transport module opposite to the second data transport interface; wherein the data transport module power input is on a side of the data transport module opposite to the data transport module power output; wherein the data transport module power input is not on the same side of the data transport module as the first data transport interface; wherein the data transport module power input is not on the same side of the data transport module as the second data transport interface; wherein the data transport module power output is not on the same side of the data transport module as the first data transport interface; and wherein the data transport module power output is not on the same side of the data transport module as the second data transport interface.