Rack system with rear status indicator and method of use
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsWayne E. McKinnon, Robert J. Neville, Jr., Ralph W. Jensen
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Abstract
An information handling system status indicator assembly includes a power jack, cabling and an indicator. The status indicator assembly connects with a status port located at the rear of an information handling system component and operates to provide a visible status indication of the component on the components cable management assembly and visible from a position behind the rack.
Claims20
An information handling system status indicator assembly for use with a rack system utilizing a cable management assembly comprising:
- a power jack operable to interface with a rear status port of an information handling system;
- a cabling section connected with the power jack, at a first end, the cabling section having a length operable to extend the length of the cable management assembly;
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- an indicator connected to a second end of the cabling section, the indicator operable to indicate the status of the information handling system component.
A rack system comprising:
- a rack for storing information handling system components, the rack having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and two sides;
- a pair of slide assemblies disposed in the rack;
- an information handling system component secured to the pair of slide assemblies such that the information handling system may be selectively moved between a first position within the rack and a second position extended from the front of the rack;
- a cable management assembly connected with the rack and operable to retain cabling associated with the information handling system component;
- a status port disposed on a rear portion of the information handling system component;
- an information handling system status indicator assembly including a power jack, a cabling section, and an indicator, the power jack operable to connect with the status part.
A method for storing information handling system components comprising:
- attaching an information handling system component to a slide assembly disposed within a rack system;
- disposing a cable management assembly proximate the information handling system;
- connecting a power jack of a status indicator assembly to a rear status port of the information handling system component and;
- connecting an indicator portion of the indicator assembly to a portion of the cable management assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.