Cable backplane system having locking assemblies

A cable backplane system comprising:

• a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough, the backplane having mounting blocks proximate the openings;
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• a cable rack coupled to a rear of the backplane, the cable rack comprising:
• a tray having a frame with side walls surrounding a raceway, the side walls extending to a front edge of the frame;
• spacers coupled to the tray proximate to the front edge;
• cable connector assemblies held by corresponding spacers, each cable connector assembly having a plurality of cables extending between at least two cable connectors, the cables being routed in the raceway, the cable connectors being received in corresponding openings and held in position relative to the backplane by the spacers;
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• locking assemblies held by the tray, the locking assemblies each having a latch proximate to the front edge configured to interact with a corresponding one of the mounting blocks to lockably couple the tray to the backplane, the latch includes a guide pin extending forward of a corresponding one of the spacers and the front edge of the frame, the guide pin passes through the backplane into the corresponding mounting block, the lock assemblies each have an actuator at a rear of the tray that is actuated by an installer to lock and unlock the latch with the mounting block.

A cable backplane system comprising:

• a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough, the backplane having mounting blocks proximate the openings, the mounting block including a guide pin extending through the backplane;
• and
• a cable rack coupled to a rear of the backplane, the cable rack comprising:
• a tray having a frame with side walls surrounding a raceway, the side walls extending to a front edge of the frame;
• spacers coupled to the tray proximate to the front edge;
• cable connector assemblies held by corresponding spacers, each cable connector assembly having a plurality of cables extending between at least two cable connectors, the cables being routed in the raceway, the cable connectors being received in corresponding openings and held in position relative to the backplane by the spacers;
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• locking assemblies held by the tray, the locking assemblies each having a latch proximate to the front edge configured to interact with a corresponding one of the mounting blocks to lockably couple the tray to the backplane, the latch including a socket that receives the guide pin, the lock assemblies each having an actuator at a rear of the tray that is actuated by an installer to lock the guide pin in the socket.