Provisioning of lightweight configurable servers with chassis base and cover designed for nested stacking

A lightweight server (LWS) chassis assembly comprising:

• a chassis base having a chassis surface that receives compute component for downstream assembly of a fully functional IHS;
• and
• a chassis cover having edges that are shaped in a first position to form an enclosure with the chassis base to protect the end user selectable compute components and that is shaped in a second position that is flipped over from the first position to be positioned in a casing above the compute components;
• wherein a contoured shape of the chassis cover in the second position and the casing opposingly contact an inserted modular, functional compute component to retain the inserted modular, functional compute component to prevent dislodging of the compute component if the casing is impacted;
• and
• wherein the contoured shape of the chassis cover in the first position defines an air flow passage around the user selected compute components inserted into the chassis base.

A method of shipping and downstream assembly of an information handling system (IHS) using a lightweight server (LWS) chassis assembly that ships in a reduced volume, the method comprising:

• manufacturing a chassis of the LWS chassis having structural configuration of a base panel with a top surface for receiving compute components and side panels extending obliquely upwards and outwards from the top surface of the base panel to enable placement of the LWS chassis in a nested, stacked configuration in which
• a second LWS chassis is placed inside the obliquely extended side panels of the LWS chassis with a second base panel of the second LWS chassis atop the top surface of the base panel, and
• the LWS chassis is placed inside obliquely extended side panels of a third LWS chassis with the base panel of the LWS chassis placed atop a top surface of a third base panel of the third LWS chassis, when the third LWS chassis is positioned below the LWS chassis,
• wherein the first, second, and third LWS chasses can be stacked in a vertical space whose height is less than a sum of individual heights of each of the LWS chasses.

A method for shipping and downstream assembly of an information handling system (IHS), the method comprising:

• forming a LWS chassis assembly having a chassis base and a chassis surface that receives compute component for downstream assembly of a fully functional IHS;
• forming a chassis cover having edges that are shaped in a first position to form an enclosure with the chassis base to protect the end user selectable compute components and that is shaped in a second position that is flipped over from the first position to be positioned in the casing above the compute components and prevent dislodging of the compute components;
• positioning a contoured shape of the chassis cover in the second position to opposingly contact, with the LWS chassis, an inserted modular, functional compute component to retain the inserted modular, functional compute component to prevent dislodging of the inserted compute component if the LWS chassis is impacted;
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• positioning the contoured shape of the chassis cover in the first position to define an air flow passage around the user selected compute components inserted into the chassis base.