Alvin Hendrix - Salida CA, US Daniel Rivard - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Foundry Networks, Inc. - Alviso CA
International Classification:
A47F 7/00
US Classification:
211026000
Abstract:
A rackmount chassis includes removable supports that provide interior support for blades having mounting edge-to-mounting edge dimensions that are less than the full chassis width. The removable supports are mounted on parallel support plates that span the full width of the chassis. Each removable support supports an edge of at least one blade installed into the rackmount chassis. The locations of the removable supports on the parallel support plates determine the blade form factors (mounting edge-to-mounting edge dimensions) that the rackmount chassis can accept. Because the removable supports can be individually removed/installed, the configuration of the resulting rackmount component can be changed without physically removing the rackmount component from the rack in which it is mounted.
Helen Coffman, Raymon Kizer, John Weeks, Belinda Boen, Tracy Blaylock, Laura Bean, Shannon Daneker, Robin Holzhauer, John Karr, Rebecca Coffin, Thresa Osburn