Drive carrier light source control
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsM. Scott Bunker, Michael White, Timothy A Mccree, Keith J Kuehn, Andrew James Phelan, John P Franz
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Abstract
A drive carrier includes a first computing device with light source control capacity and a light source proximate to a front plate of the drive carrier. The first computing device receives a signal from a second computing device (external to the drive carrier) and controls the light source proximate to the front plate of the drive carrier based on the signal.
Claims15
A drive carrier comprising:
- a first computing device with light source control capability;
- and
- a light source comprising a plurality of light sources and proximate to a front plate of the drive carrier,
- wherein the first computing device is to receive a signal from a second computing device and control the light source based on the signal;
- wherein controlling the light source comprises turning on and off the plurality of light sources in a sequence to produce a self-describing animated image associated with a drive coupled to the drive carrier;
- and
- wherein the second computing device is external to the drive carrier.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a first computing device of a drive carrier to:
- receive a signal from a second computing device external to the drive carrier;
- and
- control a light source proximate to a front plate of the drive carrier based on the signal,
- wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light sources;
- wherein controlling the light source comprises turning on and off the plurality of light sources in a sequence to produce a self-describing animated image associated with a drive coupled to the drive carrier;
- and
- wherein the first computing device and light source are disposed on a printed circuit board affixed to the drive carrier.
A method comprising:
- receiving a signal at a computing device disposed on a printed circuit board affixed to a drive carrier;
- and
- controlling a light source disposed on the drive carrier based on the signal,
- wherein the signal is received from second computing device;
- wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light sources;
- and
- wherein controlling the light source comprises turning on and off the plurality of light sources in a sequence to produce a self-describing animated image associated with a drive coupled to the drive carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.