Computer cables having connectors with configurable identification units

An information processing system, comprising:

• a chassis;
• a system board supported by the chassis and comprising a processor and a system board connector;
• a peripheral component comprising a peripheral component connector;
• and
• a computer cable communicably coupling the peripheral component to the system board, the computer cable comprising:
• a wire assembly comprising one or more electrical wires or optical fibers;
• a first cable connector coupled to a first end of the wire assembly and connected to the system board connector;
• and
• a second cable connector coupled to a second end of the wire assembly and connected to the peripheral component connector,
• wherein each of the first and second cable connectors comprises:
• a connector housing;
• a set of pins held by the connector housing and electrically connected to or optically coupled with the wire assembly;
• and
• an identification unit formed in part by the connector housing and comprising:
• a set of identifiers formed on or in the connector housing;
• and
• a movable indicator movably coupled to the connector housing and configured to be movable to selectively visually indicate any identifier of the set of identifiers.

A method of assembling or servicing an information processing system, comprising:

• providing an information processing system comprising multiple system board connectors of a system board, and multiple peripheral component connectors of one or more peripheral components;
• connecting a first cable connector of a computer cable to a first peripheral component connector of the peripheral component connectors;
• and
• connecting a second cable connector of the computer cable to a first system board connector of the system board connectors,
• wherein each of the first cable connector and the second cable connector comprises a connector housing and an identification unit comprising a plurality of identifiers formed in or on the connector housing and an indicator movably coupled to the connector housing to selectively indicate any identifier of the plurality of identifiers.