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    Multi-drive hot plug drive carrier
    3.
    发明授权
    Multi-drive hot plug drive carrier 有权
    多驱动热插拔驱动器托架

    公开(公告)号：US07068500B1

    公开(公告)日：2006-06-27

    申请号：US10401523

    申请日：2003-03-29

    申请人： Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Mickey Steven Felton ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Michael J. Kozel ,  W. Brian Cunningham ,  Maida Boudreau

    发明人： Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Mickey Steven Felton ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Michael J. Kozel ,  W. Brian Cunningham ,  Maida Boudreau

    IPC分类号： G06F1/16

    CPC分类号： G06F1/184 ,  G06F1/182 ,  G06F1/187 ,  G06F1/189 ,  Y10S428/901

    摘要： Disclosed are ways of providing a highly flexible high availability storage system. Disk drive carriers for insertion into enclosures in a storage system include several disk drives. The enclosures accept carriers that include drives of different sizes, and drives compatible with different storage technologies, for instance Fibre Channel, SATA, or SAS. Drives oriented in their carriers in a manner that allows them to be connected to a common medium via identical flex circuits that are configured based on the orientation of the drives. Redundant controllers include redundant serial buses for transferring management information to the carriers. The carriers include a controller for monitoring the multiple serial buses and producing storage technology specific management commands for the disk drives.

    摘要翻译： 公开了提供高度灵活的高可用性存储系统的方式。 用于插入存储系统中的机箱的磁盘驱动器托盘包括多个磁盘驱动器。 机箱接受包含不同大小的驱动器的驱动器，以及与不同存储技术（例如光纤通道，SATA或SAS）兼容的驱动器。 以其载体为导向的驱动器，使得它们可以通过基于驱动器方向配置的相同的柔性电路连接到通用介质。 冗余控制器包括用于将管理信息传送到运营商的冗余串行总线。 运营商包括一个监控多个串行总线的控制器，并为磁盘驱动器生成特定的存储技术管理命令。

    Midplane-independent implementations of data storage system enclosures
    4.
    发明授权
    Midplane-independent implementations of data storage system enclosures 有权
    数据存储系统机箱的中平面独立实现

    公开(公告)号：US07516272B2

    公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

    申请号：US10402594

    申请日：2003-03-28

    申请人： Mickey S. Felton ,  Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Douglas E. Peeke ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    发明人： Mickey S. Felton ,  Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Douglas E. Peeke ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  H05K7/10

    CPC分类号： G11B33/126 ,  G06F11/2007

    摘要： Described is a storage system comprising a communication bus, a disk drive, a control board having a processing unit connected to the communication bus, and an adapter board in electrical communication with the disk drive. The adapter board has a controller connected to the communication bus. The controller receives instructions over the communication bus from the processing unit and communicates with the disk drive in response to the instructions. Optionally, the storage system has a midplane having a first connector connected to an electrical connector of the control board and a second connector connected to an electrical connector of the adapter board. Attached to opposite sides of the midplane, the first and second connectors are aligned with and electrically connected to each other through the midplane. An electrical signal transmitted between the control board and the adapter board passes directly through the midplane through the first and second midplane connectors.

    摘要翻译： 描述了一种存储系统，包括通信总线，盘驱动器，具有连接到通信总线的处理单元的控制板以及与盘驱动器电通信的适配器板。 适配器板具有连接到通信总线的控制器。 控制器通过通信总线从处理单元接收指令，并响应于指令与盘驱动器通信。 可选地，存储系统具有中间平面，其具有连接到控制板的电连接器的第一连接器和连接到适配器板的电连接器的第二连接器。 连接到中平面的相对侧，第一和第二连接器通过中平面彼此对齐并彼此电连接。 在控制板和适配器板之间传输的电信号直接通过中平面通过第一和第二中间板连接器。

    Techniques for connecting midplane connectors through a midplane
    5.
    发明授权
    Techniques for connecting midplane connectors through a midplane 有权
    通过中平面连接中平面连接器的技术

    公开(公告)号：US07445457B1

    公开(公告)日：2008-11-04

    申请号：US11862761

    申请日：2007-09-27

    申请人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Robert Wierzbicki ,  Michael L. Schillinger

    发明人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Robert Wierzbicki ,  Michael L. Schillinger

    IPC分类号： H01R12/00

    CPC分类号： H01R12/523 ,  H01R12/7082 ,  H05K1/115 ,  H05K1/14 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/306 ,  H05K3/3447 ,  H05K7/1445 ,  H05K2201/044 ,  H05K2201/09609 ,  H05K2201/10189 ,  H05K2201/10545

    摘要： A midplane has plated through holes (PTHs) which form a first profile and a second profile. The first profile has (i) an overlapping portion which overlaps at least part of the second profile and (ii) a non-overlapping portion which does not overlap any part of the second profile. A first connector mounts to a first side of the midplane over the first profile, and a second connector mounts to a second side of the midplane over the second profile. At least one PTH is a shared PTH which resides in both the first and second profiles and which engages a pin of the first connector and a pin of the second connector. Additionally, at least one PTH is a non-shared PTH which resides in the non-overlapping portion of the first profile and which engages a pin of the first connector without engaging any pins of the second connector.

    摘要翻译： 中间板具有形成第一轮廓和第二轮廓的通孔（PTH）。 第一轮廓具有（i）与第二轮廓的至少一部分重叠的重叠部分和（ii）不与第二轮廓的任何部分重叠的非重叠部分。 第一连接器在第一轮廓上安装到中平面的第一侧，并且第二连接器在第二轮廓上安装到中平面的第二侧。 至少一个PTH是驻留在第一和第二轮廓中并且与第一连接器的销和第二连接器的销接合的共享PTH。 另外，至少一个PTH是驻留在第一轮廓的非重叠部分中并且与第一连接器的销接合而不与第二连接器的任何销接合的非共享PTH。

    Computer system
    6.
    发明授权
    Computer system 有权
    电脑系统

    公开(公告)号：US06583989B1

    公开(公告)日：2003-06-24

    申请号：US09747376

    申请日：2000-12-22

    申请人： James Guyer ,  Brandon C. Barney ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Stephen Daniel

    发明人： James Guyer ,  Brandon C. Barney ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Stephen Daniel

    IPC分类号： H05K116

    CPC分类号： G06F1/18

    摘要： A computer system for managing a computer network comprises a rack cabinet having a cabinet interior. A plurality of infrastructure connector assemblies are fixedly mounted on the rack cabinet in 1-U boundaries, each infrastructure connector assembly including a signal snap interface connector and a power snap interface connector. A plurality of compute elements are adapted to be slidably disposed within the cabinet interior of the rack cabinet in a stacked relationship, each compute element including at least one infrastructure connector assembly which releasably snap-interconnects with an associated infrastructure connector assembly mounted on the rack cabinet. A distributed power bay is disposed within the rack cabinet and provides central power for the computer system. A rack manager is disposed within the rack cabinet and includes the central video and I/O devices for the computer system. A cabinet controller is disposed within the rack cabinet and is responsible for the management of a geography bus and an intelligent chassis management bus for the computer system.

    摘要翻译： 用于管理计算机网络的计算机系统包括具有机柜内部的机架式机柜。 多个基础设施连接器组件以1-U边界固定地安装在机柜上，每个基础设施连接器组件包括信号卡接口连接器和电源卡扣接口连接器。 多个计算元件适于以堆叠的关系可滑动地布置在机柜的机柜内部，每个计算元件包括至少一个基础设施连接器组件，其可释放地卡扣与安装在机架式机柜上的相关联的基础设施连接器组件 。 分布式电源舱设置在机架式机柜内，为计算机系统提供中央电源。 机架管理器被放置在机架式机柜内，并且包括用于计算机系统的中央视频和I / O设备。 柜柜控制器设置在机架柜内，负责管理地理总线和计算机系统的智能机箱管理总线。

    Connection assembly having midplane with enhanced connection and airflow features
    7.
    发明授权
    Connection assembly having midplane with enhanced connection and airflow features 有权
    连接组件具有具有增强的连接和气流特征的中平面

    公开(公告)号：US07722359B1

    公开(公告)日：2010-05-25

    申请号：US11862800

    申请日：2007-09-27

    申请人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Robert Wierzbicki

    发明人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Robert Wierzbicki

    IPC分类号： H01R12/10

    CPC分类号： H05K7/1445 ,  H05K7/20563

    摘要： A connection assembly has a midplane, first midplane connectors and second midplane connectors. The midplane is divided into an airflow section and a connector section by a dividing line. The midplane defines a first side and a second side which faces away from the first side. The airflow section provides airflow passageways connecting spaces on both sides of the midplane. The connector section provides (i) first mounting locations which are confined to the connector section on the first side and (ii) second mounting locations which are confined to the connector section on the second side. The first midplane connectors are arranged to connect to first circuit board modules, and are mounted over the first mounting locations on the first side. The set of second midplane connectors are arranged to connect to second circuit board modules, and are mounted over the second mounting locations on the second side.

    摘要翻译： 连接组件具有中平面，第一中平面连接器和第二中平面连接器。 中间平面通过分界线分为气流部分和连接器部分。 中间平面限定第一侧和第二侧，其面向远离第一侧。 气流部分提供连接中平面两侧空间的气流通道。 连接器部分提供（i）限定在第一侧上的连接器部分上的第一安装位置和（ii）限制在第二侧上的连接器部分的第二安装位置。 第一中平面连接器布置成连接到第一电路板模块，并且安装在第一侧上的第一安装位置上。 该组第二中平面连接器布置成连接到第二电路板模块，并且安装在第二侧上的第二安装位置上。

    Techniques for redundant computing from within a 1U form factor with improved serviceability and high availability characteristics
    8.
    发明授权
    Techniques for redundant computing from within a 1U form factor with improved serviceability and high availability characteristics 有权
    从1U形式的冗余计算技术，具有改进的可维护性和高可用性特性

    公开(公告)号：US07486526B1

    公开(公告)日：2009-02-03

    申请号：US11092535

    申请日：2005-03-29

    申请人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Thomas J. Connor, Jr. ,  Robert P. Wierzbicki ,  Michael L. Schillinger ,  Steven R. Cieluch ,  Keith C. Johnson

    发明人： Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. ,  Thomas J. Connor, Jr. ,  Robert P. Wierzbicki ,  Michael L. Schillinger ,  Steven R. Cieluch ,  Keith C. Johnson

    IPC分类号： H01R12/16

    CPC分类号： G11B33/128 ,  G11B33/142

    摘要： An improved redundant computing apparatus has a chassis assembly configured to (i) mount to a standard electronic equipment rack and (ii) consume substantially 1U of space in a particular direction within the standard electronic equipment rack. The chassis assembly includes a housing and a midplane disposed within the housing. The apparatus further includes a set of power supply/blower assemblies configured to electrically connect to and electrically disconnect from the midplane of the chassis assembly in a hot swappable manner, and a set of computing devices configured to electrically connect to and electrically disconnect from the midplane of the chassis assembly in a hot swappable manner. By way of example, the set of computing devices is adapted to move data into and out of a set of disk drives on behalf of a set of external host computers.

    摘要翻译： 改进的冗余计算设备具有底盘组件，其被配置为（i）安装到标准电子设备机架，并且（ii）在标准电子设备机架内沿特定方向消耗大致1U的空间。 底盘组件包括壳体和设置在壳体内的中平面。 该装置还包括一组电源/鼓风机组件，其被配置为以可热插拔的方式电连接到底盘组件的中平面并与之电气断开;以及一组计算设备，被配置为电连接到电中断电路 的底盘组件。 作为示例，该组计算设备适于代表一组外部主机计算机将数据移入和移出一组磁盘驱动器。

    Expandable memory system and method for interleaving addresses among memory banks of different speeds and sizes
    9.
    发明授权
    Expandable memory system and method for interleaving addresses among memory banks of different speeds and sizes 失效
    用于在不同速度和大小的存储体之间交织地址的可扩展存储器系统和方法

    公开(公告)号：US5684973A

    公开(公告)日：1997-11-04

    申请号：US706175

    申请日：1996-08-30

    申请人： Timothy J. Sullivan ,  Cynthia J. Burns ,  Albert T. Andrade ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    发明人： Timothy J. Sullivan ,  Cynthia J. Burns ,  Albert T. Andrade ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    IPC分类号： G06F12/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

    CPC分类号： G06F12/0653 ,  G06F12/0607

    摘要： An expandable memory system and a method for operating a memory system having a variable number of memory banks are described. The memory system can utilize a variable number of separately replaceable memory banks which can be implemented with memory element, such as dynamic random access memory chips, which are of differing speeds and or sizes. The memory system implements an interleaving of memory addresses among the memory banks as a function of the number of banks actually present so that successive memory accesses are not unnecessarily delayed by the recovery times of the memory elements. The memory system includes a programmable address decoder having a writable memory which provides bank address signals. Each of the banks includes a respective delay line for providing an output signal a respective presettable time after address signals are received by that bank for signalling to the host that data is ready to be transferred.

    摘要翻译： 描述了可扩展存储器系统和用于操作具有可变数量的存储体的存储器系统的方法。 存储器系统可以利用可变数量的可单独替换的存储体，其可以用不同速度和/或尺寸的存储器元件（例如动态随机存取存储器芯片）来实现。 存储器系统实现存储器组之间的存储器地址的交织，作为实际存在的存储体的数量的函数，使得连续存储器访问不会被存储元件的恢复时间不必要地延迟。 存储器系统包括具有提供存储体地址信号的可写存储器的可编程地址解码器。 每个存储体包括相应的延迟线，用于在由该存储体接收到地址信号以向该主机发信号以准备传送数据之后，将输出信号提供相应的预设时间。

    Midplane-independent implementations of data storage system enclosures
    10.
    发明授权
    Midplane-independent implementations of data storage system enclosures 有权
    数据存储系统机箱的中平面独立实现

    公开(公告)号：US07603515B1

    公开(公告)日：2009-10-13

    申请号：US11839897

    申请日：2007-08-16

    申请人： Mickey S. Felton ,  Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Douglas E. Peeke ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    发明人： Mickey S. Felton ,  Albert F. Beinor, Jr. ,  Douglas E. Peeke ,  Joseph P. King, Jr. ,  Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.

    IPC分类号： G06F13/12

    CPC分类号： G11B33/126 ,  G06F11/2007

    摘要： Described is a midplane-less storage system comprising an enclosure including a control board having an electrical connector attached thereto and a processing unit. The enclosure also includes a disk drive module with a disk drive for storing data and an adapter board electrically connected to the disk drive. The adapter board has a controller and an electrical connector that is mated to the electrical connector of the control board. A communication bus extends from the control board to the disk drive module through the mated electrical connectors. The processing unit of the control board communicates with the controller of the adapter board over the communication bus in accordance with a communication protocol in order to control operation of the disk drive.

    摘要翻译： 描述的是一种无中面平面的存储系统，其包括一个外壳，该外壳包括一个连接有电连接器的控制板和一个处理单元。 外壳还包括具有用于存储数据的磁盘驱动器的磁盘驱动器模块和电连接到磁盘驱动器的适配器板。 适配器板具有与控制板的电连接器配合的控制器和电连接器。 通信总线通过配对的电连接器从控制板延伸到磁盘驱动器模块。 控制板的处理单元根据通信协议通过通信总线与适配器板的控制器通信，以便控制盘驱动器的操作。