US 12,250,786 B2
High-speed networking device manufacturing system
Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); Neal Beard, Austin, TX (US); Colin Montgomery, Mountain View, CA (US); and Per Henrik Fremrot, Novato, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,332.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380098 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1491 (2013.01) [H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0071 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing networking devices, comprising:
providing a plurality of networking circuit boards each having a networking circuit board configuration that includes a networking processing system mounted to that networking circuit board, and a respective plurality of cable connectors that are mounted to that networking circuit board and coupled to the networking processing system mounted to that networking circuit board;
manufacturing a networking line card device by:
providing a first networking circuit board included in the plurality of networking circuit boards in a networking line card device chassis of the networking line card device; and
cabling at least some of the plurality of cable connectors on the first networking circuit board to at least one networking line card subsystem in the networking line card device in order to configure the networking line card device to perform networking line card device functionality; and
manufacturing a networking fabric card device by:
providing a second networking circuit board included in the plurality of networking circuit boards in a networking fabric card device chassis of the networking fabric card device; and
cabling at least some of the plurality of cable connectors on second networking circuit board to at least one networking fabric card subsystem in the networking fabric card device in order to configure the networking fabric card device to perform networking fabric card device functionality that is different than the networking line card device functionality.