A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.

Out-of-band management techniques for networking fabrics are described. In an example embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a packet-switched network interface to deconstruct a packet received via an out-of-band management network and control circuitry to execute an out-of-band management agent, and the out-of-band management agent may be operative to identify a configuration command comprised in the received packet and control an optical circuit-switched network interface based on the configuration command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Systems and methods of managing a modular network element as a single entity and the modular network element includes a plurality of line modules and zero or more switch modules in a chassis. The plurality of line modules are located separate from the chassis and connected to the chassis and/or to one another via cabling. The method includes operating a management plane between the plurality of line modules and the zero or more switch modules via one or more dedicated links in the cabling; managing the plurality of line modules and the zero or more switch modules as a single network element utilizing a chassis management protocol over the management plane; and designating one of a controller in the chassis and a processor in one of the plurality of line modules operating as a virtual controller as primary for the chassis management protocol.

In one embodiment, as apparatus includes a quick release system for installation of a module of a network communications system in a rack and removal of the module from the rack, the quick release system comprising a rack bracket for attachment to the rack, the rack bracket comprising a ground lug for providing a ground connection, and a module bracket for attachment to the module, the module bracket comprising a thumb screw for securely connecting the module bracket to the rack bracket. A method for installing the module on the rack is also disclosed herein.

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 cable backplane assembly for high-speed interconnection of digital electrical components in Field Replaceable Units, FRUs, (12) mounted in an equipment rack (10). A vertical stack of a plurality of parallel horizontal cable connector carrying trays (51) is mounted within a rigid chassis (32). The trays provide electrical component connector pins on a front side and high-speed data and power cable connectors on a back side thereof. At least one enclosed vertical channel (21) is attached to the vertical stack of horizontal plates (51) for protectively routing cables to the cable connector carrying trays. Vertical spacing of the cable connector carrying trays enables cooling fans (41) mounted on the rigid chassis to provide unimpeded front-to-back airflow over the FRUs (12). The cable backplane assembly may be removed and replaced as a unit, and may be upgraded, in situ, from copper to optical connections.

A system includes a rigid housing and flexible tubes. The rigid housing includes cable receptacles. Each cable receptacle has a distal end and a longitudinal opening configured to accept a cable. The flexible tubes are configured to accept cables and orient the cables in a customizable, organized manner. Each flexible tube is secured to a respective cable receptacle at the distal end and has a longitudinal opening oriented to align with the longitudinal opening of the respective cable receptacle. Another system includes a vertical stand structure configured to maneuver about a floor and a deformable trough secured to the vertical stand structure. The deformable trough is configured to initially bend in a customizable manner to form a customized configuration and subsequently maintain the customized configuration to facilitate placement of the cables within the deformable trough and provide for mobility of the vertical stand structure.

Disclosed is an audio processing system that includes various audio signal inputs and outputs for producing distributed audio signals for use in audio processing and related applications. The digital and/or analog audio signal processing system includes a rack/chassis containing a central routing card, a plurality of slots for receiving modules and a plurality of inputs and outputs for receiving and producing various processed audio signal inputs and outputs.

Technologies for allocating resources of managed nodes to workloads to balance multiple resource allocation objectives include an orchestrator server to receive resource allocation objective data indicative of multiple resource allocation objectives to be satisfied. The orchestrator server is additionally to determine an initial assignment of a set of workloads among the managed nodes and receive telemetry data from the managed nodes. The orchestrator server is further to determine, as a function of the telemetry data and the resource allocation objective data, an adjustment to the assignment of the workloads to increase an achievement of at least one of the resource allocation objectives without decreasing an achievement of another of the resource allocation objectives, and apply the adjustments to the assignments of the workloads among the managed nodes as the workloads are performed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

The present technology provides minimal touch cable guides for rack-mounted devices. The minimal touch cable guides disclosed herein provide structures for routing cables from field replaceable units installed in a rack mounted device in such a way that cables of different types are not crossed and provides a mechanism for adjusting installed cabling to permit access to otherwise obscured field replaceable units. Such adjustment of cabling is provided in a controlled manner that does not impair the performance the installed cabling.