The disclosure is directed at a rack unit that provides an improved system and method for users to identify the ports within the rack unit. The rack unit includes a designation plate pivots between a lowered position where the user can identify the ports within the rack unit and a raised position where the user has more space to insert a cable into an identified port.

Embodiments may be generally direct to apparatuses, systems, method, and techniques to determine a configuration for a plurality of connectors, the configuration to associate a first interconnect protocol with a first subset of the plurality of connectors and a second interconnect protocol with a second subset of the plurality of connectors, the first interconnect protocol and the second interconnect protocol are different interconnect protocols and each comprising one of a serial link protocol, a coherent link protocol, and an accelerator link protocol, cause processing of data for communication via the first subset of the plurality of connectors in accordance with the first interconnect protocol, and cause processing of data for communication via the second subset of the plurality of connector in accordance with the second interconnect protocol.

A modular computer cabinet include an interchangeable interconnection device configured to interconnect the interconnection switch with the rackable element, the interchangeable interconnection device including a wall for connecting to a rackable element, the connection wall extending along a second plane orthogonal to the first plane of the rackable element, the connection wall including a third blindly connectable connector configured to be blindly connected to the first blindly connectable connector included in the rackable element, a cable connected to the third connector of the connection wall, the interconnection cable including a fourth connector configured to be connected to the second connector of the plurality of second connectors included in the interconnection switch.

A network device including a mounting rail having at least one mounting location. The mounting location defined by one or more device reference locators that define a mounting direction relative to that mounting location. A device connector attached to a device printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned to have a connecting direction parallel to the mounting direction. At least one module is provided for mounting to one of the mounting locations. The module including one or more module reference locators each adapted to engage one of the device reference locators when the module is positioned to be mounted to the mounting location. A module connector attached to a module PCB is positioned to have a connecting direction parallel to the mounting direction; The module connector and the device connector are positioned such that when the one or more module reference locators are each engaged with the one of the one or more device reference locators, and the module is advanced in the mounting direction towards the mounting location, the module connector and the device connector connect as the module mounts the mounting location to connect the module to the network device.

Methods of executing patching connection changes in a patching field are provided in which an electronic work order is received on a display located at the patching field, the electronic work order specifying the patching connection change. A technician may perform the patching connection change. Then, an electronic message may be sent from the patching field indicating that the patching change has been completed.

Technologies for switching network traffic include a network switch. The network switch includes one or more processors and communication circuitry coupled to the one or more processors. The communication circuity is capable of switching network traffic of multiple link layer protocols. Additionally, the network switch includes one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed, cause the network switch to receive, with the communication circuitry through an optical connection, network traffic to be forwarded, and determine a link layer protocol of the received network traffic. The instructions additionally cause the network switch to forward the network traffic as a function of the determined link layer protocol. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

A fiber distribution hub configured to house a patch panel includes a plurality of walls forming a chamber, a first shelf attached to a first wall of the plurality of walls in the chamber, a first track supported by the first shelf, and a frame body configured to support the patch panel and to be coupled with the first shelf via the first track. The frame body is configured to shift along the first track between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position.

The present disclosure describes an equipment rack for a telecommunications cabinet. The equipment rack allows a telecommunications cabinet to be reconfigured such that telecommunications equipment can be vertically mounted therein. The equipment rack includes a structural rail configured to be mounted within the telecommunications cabinet, an insert plate configured to fit within a cavity of the structural rail and be secured to the structural rail, and a bracket configured to be secured to the to the insert plate and configured such that a piece of telecommunications equipment can be mounted thereto.

Technologies for dynamically managing resources in disaggregated accelerators include an accelerator. The accelerator includes acceleration circuitry with multiple logic portions, each capable of executing a different workload. Additionally, the accelerator includes communication circuitry to receive a workload to be executed by a logic portion of the accelerator and a dynamic resource allocation logic unit to identify a resource utilization threshold associated with one or more shared resources of the accelerator to be used by a logic portion in the execution of the workload, limit, as a function of the resource utilization threshold, the utilization of the one or more shared resources by the logic portion as the logic portion executes the workload, and subsequently adjust the resource utilization threshold as the workload is executed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

A data communication system includes a rack and one or more modules pluggable into the rack along a longitudinal direction. The rack can include one or more of an electrical connector, an RF cable connector, and an optical connector. One or both of the RF cable connector and the optical connector can float in one or more directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to align with respective connectors of the rack when the modules plug into the rack.