A modular hardware platform utilizes a combination of different types of units that are pluggable into cassette endpoints. The present disclosure enables the construction of an extremely large system, e.g., 500 Tb/s+, as well as small, standalone systems using the same hardware units. This provides flexibility to build different systems with different slot pitches. The hardware platform includes various numbers of stackable units that mate with a cost-effective, hybrid Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Twinax backplane, that is orthogonally oriented relative to the stackable units. In an embodiment, the hardware platform supports a range of 14.4 Tb/s-800 Tb/s+ in one or more 19″ racks, providing full features Layer 3 to Layer 0 support, i.e., protocol support for both a transit core router and full feature edge router including Layer 2/Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Dense Wave Division Multiplexed (DWDM) optics, and the like.

A symmetrical wall-mounted 2-piece cabinet for computer network equipment and in-building communication that can rotate for opening on the left or right by the same mechanism without having to change the pivot point is composed of a front piece functioning as the cabinet for holding computer network equipment, where the front piece of the cabinet has a door that can be opened or closed in accessing equipment from the front, and a back piece in the form of a robust structure functioning to attach the entire structure of the cabinet to the building wall. The invention helps the operator to turn the front piece of the cabinet using the operator's own strength, and reduces limitations in the installation of a cabinet in a wall-mounted fashion in a narrow space or building corner, while also enhancing usage safety and maintaining structural weight balance, which increases the usage life of the wall-mounted cabinet.

The invention relates to a structure (1) for housing electronic apparatuses (10) such as boards (11) and the like, wherein the apparatuses are arranged in a container with a drawer (40) insertable and extractable with respect to a frame (20) of the structure (1). On the back wall of the drawer (40) and on the frame (20) connectors (53, 54) are provided which are coupled directly and automatically when the drawer is inserted.

A server includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic component connected to the PCB, and a chassis connected to the PCB. The chassis includes a first end with a first aperture configured to allow airflow into the server, a second end with a second aperture configured to allow the airflow out of the server after having passed across the electronic component, and a movable bulkhead comprising a first set of louvers, the movable bulkhead being movable between a closed position and an opened position, wherein each of the louvers includes a leading edge contact feature configured to interface with a trailing edge of a respective adjacent louver. In the closed position, the first set of louvers forms a wall in a primary path of the airflow, and, in the opened position, the first set of louvers are oriented in a direction of the primary path of the airflow.

Apparatuses and systems associated with a server rack to hold a plurality of rack components may include a cabinet having a front opening of width W, and a first mounting pole and a second mounting pole located parallel to each other at the front opening to facilitate receipt and to hold the plurality of rack components. The server rack may further include the first and second mounting poles having a spacing of x inches or centimeters from each other, with the mid-point of the spacing being offset from the mid-point of width W, that defines a first mounting space to receive a first subset of the rack components in a first orientation and a second mounting space to receive a second subset of the rack components in a second orientation that differs from the first orientation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A modular hardware platform utilizes a combination of different types of units that are pluggable into cassette endpoints. The present disclosure enables the construction of an extremely large system, e.g., 500 Tb/s+, as well as small, standalone systems using the same hardware units. This provides flexibility to build different systems with different slot pitches. The hardware platform includes various numbers of stackable units that mate with a cost-effective, hybrid Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Twinax backplane, that is orthogonally oriented relative to the stackable units. In an embodiment, the hardware platform supports a range of 14.4 Tb/s-800 Tb/s+ in one or more 19″ racks, providing full features Layer 3 to Layer 0 support, i.e., protocol support for both a transit core router and full feature edge router including Layer 2/Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Dense Wave Division Multiplexed (DWDM) optics, and the like.

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a vibrational isolator may include at least one supporting section and at least one attachment member mechanically coupled to the at least one supporting section and configured to mechanically couple to a chassis, such that when disposed in a chassis, the at least one supporting section suspends from the chassis and is configured to support vibration-generating equipment. In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include forming at least one supporting section and forming at least one attachment member mechanically coupled to the at least one supporting section and configured to mechanically couple to a chassis, such that when disposed in a chassis, the at least one supporting section suspends from the chassis and is configured to support vibration-generating equipment.

Electrical and electronic devices are often installed in so-called racks. Racks of this type are shelf-like frames into which the devices are inserted and can be fastened, for example by means of screws. The racks commonly provide a pair of support rails for each device, upon which rails the device can be placed and can be inserted into the rack. The device can be subsequently fixed to the rack, for example screwed in. Within the scope of the invention, a device arrangement (1) is disclosed comprising at least one stacking device (4), wherein the stacking device (4) has adjustable feet (15) on the bottom surface (11) for supporting on a placement surface, comprising a base device (3), wherein the at least one stacking device (4) is arranged on the base device (3) so that these form a device tower (13), wherein the adjustment feet (15) of the stacking device (4) stand on the base device (3), wherein the device arrangement (1) comprises a 19-inch frame (2) and the stacking device (4) and the base device (3) are designed as insert devices with front plates (6) for the 19-inch frame (2), wherein the base device (3) and the at least one stacking device (4) are arranged as a device tower (13) in the 19-inch frame (2), and wherein the front plates (6) are connected to the 19-inch frame (2).

A modular networking hardware platform utilizes a combination of different types of units that are pluggable into cassette endpoints. The present disclosure enables the construction of an extremely large system, e.g., 500 Tb/s+, as well as small, standalone systems using the same hardware units. This provides flexibility to build different systems with different slot pitches. The hardware platform includes various numbers of stackable units that mate with a cost-effective, hybrid Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Twinax backplane, that is orthogonally oriented relative to the stackable units. In an embodiment, the hardware platform supports a range of 14.4 Tb/s-800 Tb/s+ in one or more 19″ racks, providing full features Layer 3 to Layer 0 support, i.e., protocol support for both a transit core router and full feature edge router including Layer 2/Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Dense Wave Division Multiplexed (DWDM) optics, and the like.

An instrumentation system that can include a chassis configured to receive a PCB assembly, where the PCB assembly can include a front edge forming a front plane, a first rear edge forming a first rear plane, and a second rear edge forming a second rear plane, with the first rear plane being spaced a greater distance away from the front plane than the second rear plane, and where the chassis can include a plurality of card slots configured to receive the PCB assembly, a 3U backplane configured to couple with the second rear edge of the card when the PCB assembly is installed in one of the plurality of card slots in the chassis.