3U “T” shaped chassis design with rail features
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsGordon A. Frye, Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr., Robert P. Wierzbicki, John Blondin, Keith C. Johnson
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Abstract
A rack unit for providing a server to be mounted within a storage rack is provided. The rack unit includes a set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within the storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails; wherein, the chassis includes at least one wide section for housing computer components. A server and a storage rack are described.
Claims17
A rack unit for providing a server to be mounted within a storage rack, the rack unit comprising:
- a chassis comprising a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within the storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack;
- wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (WU, WU+2R) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (WU+2R) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (WU) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped;
- and wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section;
- and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.
A server comprising:
- a rack unit comprising a chassis with a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within a storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack;
- a plurality of computer components configured within the chassis of the rack unit;
- wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (WU, WU+2R) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (WU+2R) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (WU) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped;
- wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section;
- and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.
A storage rack for computer equipment, the storage rack comprising:
- at least one server disposed therein, the server comprising a plurality of computer components configured within a rack unit, the rack unit comprising a chassis with a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within a storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack;
- wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (WU, WU+2R) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (WU+2R) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (WU) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped;
- wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section;
- and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.