Information processing apparatus

• US 20070208922A1
• Filed: 03/02/2007
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Abe, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US11/712,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 712/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a device group including a device which processes information and a device which stores information; and a switch which is connectable to a plurality of devices selected from the device group, and which allows information to be exchanged between devices connected to the switch.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a device group including a device which processes information and a device which stores information; and

a switch which is connectable to a plurality of devices selected from the device group, and which allows information to be exchanged between devices connected to the switch.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device group includes a central processing unit, a random access memory and a hard disk drive.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

a plurality of switch side interfaces connected to the switch; and

a plurality of device side interfaces which are respectively connected to devices included in the device group, and each of which is connectable to any one of the switch side interfaces.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

each of the switch side interfaces includes a switch side connector,

each of the device side interfaces includes a device side connector, and

each of the device side connectors is connectable to any one of the switch side connectors.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

bases each of which at least one device selected from the device group is mounted on;

a chassis which houses the switch; and

a plurality of slots provided to the chassis, wherein

each of the bases can be housed in any one of the slots.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the slots have the same dimensions.