Cable backplane system having a cable tray guide and support system

A cable backplane system comprising:

• a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough;
• a chassis supporting the backplane, the chassis having an upper support and a lower support, the upper support having upper chassis guides, the lower support having lower chassis guides;
• and
• a cable rack coupled to the chassis and backplane between the upper and lower supports, the cable rack comprising a plurality of upper trays and a plurality of lower trays, each of the upper and lower trays having a frame surrounding a raceway and cable connector assemblies held by the corresponding frame, each cable connector assembly having a plurality of cables extending between at least two cable connectors, the cables being routed in the corresponding raceway, the upper trays having upper tray guides configured to interact with corresponding upper chassis guides for supporting the upper trays relative to the backplane for loading the cable connectors into corresponding openings in the backplane, the lower trays having lower tray guides configured to interact with corresponding lower chassis guides for aligning the lower trays to the backplane for loading cable connectors of the lower tray in corresponding openings in the backplane.

A cable backplane system comprising:

• a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough;
• a chassis supporting the backplane, the chassis having an upper support and a lower support, the upper support having upper chassis guides;
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• a cable rack coupled to the chassis and backplane between the upper and lower supports, the cable rack comprising a plurality of upper trays and a plurality of lower trays, each of the upper and lower trays having a frame surrounding a raceway and cable connector assemblies held by the corresponding frame, each cable connector assembly having a plurality of cables extending between at least two cable connectors, the cables being routed in the corresponding raceway, the upper trays having upper tray guides configured to interact with corresponding upper chassis guides for supporting the upper trays relative to the backplane, the upper trays comprise upper hanging guides, the lower trays comprising lower hanging guides coupled to corresponding upper hanging guides to support the lower trays with the corresponding upper trays relative to the backplane.