Protected and unprotected interfaces via I/O panel choice
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorStephen J. Brolin
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Abstract
A system comprises a backplane configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a first plug-in unit, and a third signal and a fourth signal from a second plug-in unit, wherein the backplane is further configured to communicate each of the signals to one or more mid-plane connectors. The system further comprises the one or more mid-plane connectors configured to output the first and third signals at a first output as separate signals, and configured to output the second and fourth signals at a second output as separate signals. The system further comprises one or more I/O panels each configured to receive the first and third signals at a first input and to receive the second and fourth signals at a second input.
Claims14
A system, comprising:
- a backplane configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a first plug-in unit, and a third signal and a fourth signal from a second plug-in unit, wherein the backplane is further configured to communicate each of the signals to one or more mid-plane connectors;
- the one or more mid-plane connectors configured to output the first and third signals at a first output as separate signals, and configured to output the second and fourth signals at a second output as separate signals;
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- one or more I/O panels each configured to receive the first and third signals at a first input and to receive the second and fourth signals at a second input.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a first signal and a second signal from a first plug-in unit through a backplane to one or more mid-plane connectors, and transmitting a third signal and a fourth signal from a second plug-in unit through the backplane to one or more mid-plane connectors, wherein the signals are not tied together at the backplane;
- outputting the first signal and the third signal from a first mid-plane connector as separate signals, and outputting the second signal and the fourth signal from a second mid-plane connector as separate signals;
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- receiving the first and third signals at a first input of an I/O panel, and receiving the second and fourth signals at a second input of the I/O panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.