US 12,093,003 B2
Universal bay chassis and system for self-identification and automatic configuration of an information handling system in the chassis
Stephen Strickland, Foxborough, MA (US); Jeffrey Michael Lewis, Maynard, MA (US); Kevin Warren Mundt, Austin, TX (US); and Shawn Joel Dube, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,217.
Prior Publication US 2022/0350298 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25257 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis comprising:
a pair of guide rails;
a first support plane coupled to each guide rail of the pair of guide rails;
a second support plane coupled to each guide rail of the pair of guide rails and separated from the first support plane to form a row;
a plurality of partitions for positioning between and connecting to the first support plane and the second support plane, wherein
each partition comprises a first wall engaged with a second wall, and
a first wall of a first partition of the plurality of partitions and a second wall of a second partition of the plurality of partitions have device retainers for retaining a set of devices;
wherein the first support plane, the second support plane, and the partitions define a plurality of bays, wherein each bay of the plurality of bays includes a keyed tab that identifies a location of the bay with respect to the chassis,
a bay support assembly comprising:
a set of device connections for electrically and communicatively coupling to each device of the set of devices; and
a controller configured to execute a set of instructions to:
communicate with a microcontroller unit (MCU) of the bay support assembly when the information handling system is powered up to determine a type of bay support assembly, a device connection identifier for each device connection of a plurality of device connections, and a location of the bay support assembly with respect to the chassis based on installation of the set of devices establishing a connection with that the keyed tab of the bay the set of devices are located in.