MODULAR BLADE FOR PROVIDING SCALABLE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ENTERPRISE USING ADVANCEDTCA BOARDS

摘要

A standards-based server blade arrangement is provided wherein individual circuit boards may be compliant with a first industry driven or other standard and housed within an enclosure configured such that one aspect of the enclosure provides each circuit board with a scalable, mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality required for that circuit board to comply with the first industry driven or other standard and a second aspect of the enclosure allows the enclosure to comply with a second industry driven or other standard.