Patent ID: 7012815

Claim:
A server blade configured to be receivable as a field replaceable unit in a carrier of a blade server system, the server blade comprising: a blade enclosure that is substantially slab-shaped with two opposing side faces, a front edge face, a rear edge face, an upper edge face and a lower edge face; wherein the blade enclosure includes at least one ventilation opening on each of the front and rear edge faces to permit a flow of cooling air though the enclosure between the front and rear edge faces; wherein the blade enclosure is configured to be slideably mountable in the carrier such that the rear edge face is inserted first; wherein the blade enclosure includes connections accessible externally to the blade enclosure and located on the rear edge face; wherein the blade enclosure has a narrow elongate form; wherein the side faces and the upper and lower edge faces have substantially the same length, but the side faces are narrower than the upper and lower edge faces; and wherein the front and rear edge faces have a length substantially equivalent to the width of the side faces and a width substantially the same as the width of the upper and lower edge faces.