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US 9,436,234 B1Granted
Configurable system board
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsMickey S. Felton, Robert P. Wierzbicki, Michael Gregoire
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Abstract
An IT device includes a system board and a riser card socket electrically coupled to the system board and configured to receive a riser card. At least one expansion card slot is electrically coupled to the system board and configured to receive at least one expansion card. A controller assembly is electrically coupled to the system board and configured to energize the at least one expansion card slot while the riser card socket is empty.
Claims16
An IT device comprising:
- a system board;
- a riser card socket electrically coupled to a first processor on the system board and configured to receive a riser card;
- at least one expansion card slot electrically coupled to a second processor on the system board and configured to receive at least one expansion card;
- a controller assembly electrically coupled to the system board and configured to electrically couple the at least one expansion card slot to the first processor when the riser card socket is empty;
- a drive controller system electrically coupled to the system board;
- and
- a mid-plane assembly electrically coupled to the drive controller system.
4 more elements
An IT device comprising:
- a system board;
- a riser card socket electrically coupled to a first processor on the system board and configured to receive a riser card;
- at least one expansion card slot electrically coupled to a second processor on the system board and configured to receive at least one expansion card;
- a controller assembly electrically coupled to the system board and configured to:
- electrically couple the at least one expansion card slot to the first processor when the riser card socket is empty;
- and
- route data to the at least one expansion card slot while the riser card socket is empty;
- wherein the controller assembly includes a switch assembly coupled to the riser card socket and a multiplexer electrically coupled to the switch assembly.
5 more elements
An IT device comprising:
- a system board;
- a riser card socket electrically coupled to a first processor on the system board and configured to receive a riser card;
- at least one PCI Express expansion card slot electrically coupled to a second processor on the system board and configured to receive at least one expansion card;
- a controller assembly electrically coupled to the system board and configured to electrically couple the at least one expansion card slot to the first processor when the riser card socket is empty;
- a drive controller system electrically coupled to the system board;
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- a mid-plane assembly electrically coupled to the drive controller system, wherein the mid-plane assembly is configured to electrically couple the drive controller system to a plurality of disk drives.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.