Redundant data and power infrastructure for modular server components in a rack

An method for providing data and power connectivity to a plurality of rack mount servers comprising:

• housing each server in a chassis;
• housing a first network switch in each chassis;
• coupling the first switch to each server in the same chassis with a point to point network link;
• housing a plurality of chassis in a rack;
• housing a plurality of power supplies in the rack;
• transmitting power from the power supplies to a power bus bar;
• transmitting power from the power bus bar to each chassis;
• and
• connecting servers in separate chassis to the same network by coupling the switches in those chassis to one another.

A modular server chassis installable in a rack and configured to hold a plurality of servers comprising:

• a plurality of server slots, each server slot configured to accept a server encased in a server blade;
• a plurality of network device slots, each network device slot configured to accept a network device;
• a data backplane;
• and
• a power backplane;
• wherein network connectivity for each server is provided through point to point links in the data backplane between each server slot and each network device slot.