Reduced depth data storage assembly and rack server
First Claim
1. A method of making a reduced-depth rack server, the method comprising:
- forming a tray structure of a carrier having a service panel attached to two opposed side panels and a bottom panel, the tray structure sized to receive a data storage device in a sideways orientation;
inserting a longest dimension of a data storage device in the sideways orientation in the tray structure, with at least one electrical connector of the inserted data storage device placed proximate to a selected side panel of the two opposed side panels;
electrically connecting, at the selected side panel, a first electrical connector of an interposer cable to the at least one electrical connector of the data storage device; and
attaching a second electrical connector of the interposer cable to one of the tray structure and the data storage device, the second electrical connector directed towards an insertion end of the data storage assembly in an orientation opposite to the service panel and aligned to electrically connect with a backplane of a reduced-depth rack server in response to the tray structure being inserted in a rack server chassis.
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Abstract
A method of making a reduced-depth rack server includes: forming a tray structure of a carrier having a service panel attached to two opposed side panels and a bottom panel; inserting a longest dimension of a data storage device in a sideways orientation with at least one electrical connector of the data storage device proximate to a selected lateral panel; electrically connecting a first electrical connector of an interposer cable to the at least one electrical connector of the data storage device; and attaching a second electrical connector attached to one of the tray structure and the data storage device directed towards an insertion end of the data storage assembly in an orientation opposite to the service panel and aligned to electrically connect with a backplane of a reduced-depth rack server in response to the tray structure being inserted in a rack server chassis.
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1. A method of making a reduced-depth rack server, the method comprising:
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forming a tray structure of a carrier having a service panel attached to two opposed side panels and a bottom panel, the tray structure sized to receive a data storage device in a sideways orientation; inserting a longest dimension of a data storage device in the sideways orientation in the tray structure, with at least one electrical connector of the inserted data storage device placed proximate to a selected side panel of the two opposed side panels; electrically connecting, at the selected side panel, a first electrical connector of an interposer cable to the at least one electrical connector of the data storage device; and attaching a second electrical connector of the interposer cable to one of the tray structure and the data storage device, the second electrical connector directed towards an insertion end of the data storage assembly in an orientation opposite to the service panel and aligned to electrically connect with a backplane of a reduced-depth rack server in response to the tray structure being inserted in a rack server chassis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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