Abstract: A combined data/power coupling device includes a chassis having first and second powering device connectors and a powered device connector each coupled to a data/power coupling subsystem. The data/power coupling subsystem configures each of the first and second powering device connectors to receive power from at least one powering device, configures the first powering device connector to receive data from the at least one powering device, and provides data and power received via the first powering device connector to a powered device via the powered device connector. When the data/power coupling subsystem determines that data and power are not available via the first powering device connector, it configures the second powering device connector to receive data from the at least one powering device, and provides data and power received via the second powering device connector to the powered device via the powered device connector.

Abstract: A high-density networking system includes first networking device(s) coupled to a second networking device. The second networking device has a port row including first ports and a first subset of third ports, and second ports and a second subset of third ports that are each moveable relative to the first ports and the first subset of third ports, with the third ports coupled to the first networking device(s). The second networking device includes a switch device coupling the third ports to its processing system. The switch device in second networking device routes data from the processing system through a network via the first subset of third ports/first networking device(s), determines that data received from the processing system cannot reach the network via the first subset of third ports and, in response, routes data received from the processing system through the network via the second subset of third ports/first networking device(s).

Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a plurality of ports communicatively coupled to the processor, and physically arranged in a first row and a second row at an exterior panel of an enclosure of the information handling system, such that the plurality of ports includes front ports of the first row visible when the exterior panel is viewed head on, rear ports of the first row located directly behind the front ports of the first row from a perspective in which the exterior panel is viewed head on, front ports of the second row visible when the exterior panel is viewed head on, and rear ports of the second row located directly behind the front ports of the second row from the perspective in which the exterior panel is viewed head on.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a plurality of ports communicatively coupled to the processor, and physically arranged in a first row and a second row at an exterior panel of an enclosure of the information handling system, such that the plurality of ports includes front ports of the first row visible when the exterior panel is viewed head on, rear ports of the first row located directly behind the front ports of the first row from a perspective in which the exterior panel is viewed head on, front ports of the second row visible when the exterior panel is viewed head on, and rear ports of the second row located directly behind the front ports of the second row from the perspective in which the exterior panel is viewed head on.

Abstract: A configurable multi-orientation device mount rack system includes a rack including a first rack shelf. A first device housing is defined by the rack and the first rack shelf. A first device mounting subsystem is included on the rack and that is configurable to mount each of a plurality of devices in the first device housing and to the rack in a first orientation. A second device mounting subsystem is included on the first rack shelf and that is configurable to mount each of a plurality of devices in the first device housing and to the rack in a second orientation that is different than the first orientation. As such, each of a plurality of devices may be positioned in and mounted to the rack in the first device housing in either a “vertical”/side-by-side orientation or a “horizontal”/stacked orientation.

Abstract: A combined data/power coupling device includes a chassis having first and second powering device connectors and a powered device connector each coupled to a data/power coupling subsystem. The data/power coupling subsystem configures each of the first and second powering device connectors to receive power from at least one powering device, configures the first powering device connector to receive data from the at least one powering device, and provides data and power received via the first powering device connector to a powered device via the powered device connector. When the data/power coupling subsystem determines that data and power are not available via the first powering device connector, it configures the second powering device connector to receive data from the at least one powering device, and provides data and power received via the second powering device connector to the powered device via the powered device connector.

Abstract: A port protection device includes a blocking element movement subsystem that may be coupled to a port that defines a port entrance, and a port entrance blocking element connected to the blocking element movement subsystem and defining airflow aperture(s). When the blocking element movement subsystem is coupled to the port, the blocking element movement subsystem allows the port entrance blocking element to be positioned in a port protection orientation immediately adjacent the port entrance such that airflow is restricted to entering the port via the airflow aperture(s). When the blocking element movement subsystem is coupled to the port, the blocking element movement subsystem also allows the port entrance blocking element to move from the port protection orientation to a cable connector orientation in response to engagement with a cable connector so that the cable connector may move through the port entrance to connect to the port.

Abstract: A cable connector disconnection system includes a cable having a cable connector, and a computing device. The computing device includes a computing device connector that connects to the cable connector, a cable connector disconnection actuator that is spaced apart from the computing device connector on the computing device and that is configured to move relative to the computing device, and a cable connector engagement subsystem that is located immediately adjacent the computing device connector and that is coupled to the cable connector disconnection actuator. Movement of the cable connector disconnection actuator relative to the computing device when the cable connector is connected to the computing device connector causes the cable connector engagement subsystem to move relative to the computing device connector and into engagement with the cable connector to disconnect the cable connector from the computing device connector.

Abstract: An active device module may include an active device, a housing configured to house the active device, and a plurality of breakout ports communicatively coupled to the active device, wherein each breakout port of the plurality of breakout ports is configured to receive a cable, wherein the active device and the plurality of breakout ports are configured such that one breakout port of the plurality of breakout ports at a time is selected and activated for communication to and from an information handling system into which the active device module is inserted.

Abstract: A cable connector disconnection system includes a cable having a cable connector, and a computing device. The computing device includes a computing device connector that connects to the cable connector, a cable connector disconnection actuator that is spaced apart from the computing device connector on the computing device and that is configured to move relative to the computing device, and a cable connector engagement subsystem that is located immediately adjacent the computing device connector and that is coupled to the cable connector disconnection actuator. Movement of the cable connector disconnection actuator relative to the computing device when the cable connector is connected to the computing device connector causes the cable connector engagement subsystem to move relative to the computing device connector and into engagement with the cable connector to disconnect the cable connector from the computing device connector.

Abstract: A cable connection information display system includes a cable having a first cable connector, and a first cable connection information display subsystem that is included on the cable adjacent the first cable connector. The first cable connection information display subsystem includes a first display device, and a first connection information receiving subsystem that is coupled to the first cable connector and the first display device. The first connection information receiving subsystem receives first connection information, which identifies at least a first computing device and a first port, via the first cable connector and from the first computing device that includes the first port that is connected to the first cable connector. The first connection information receiving subsystem then provides the first connection information for display on the first display device to identify the first computing device and the first port.

Abstract: A multi-speed transceiver device includes a chassis having an optical cable connector coupled to a transceiver processor, and an optical waveguide coupling. A data receiving subsystem in the chassis couples the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling, includes data receiving optical waveguides, and transmits first data received from the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling over a number of the data receiving optical waveguides that depends on a first data transmission speed at which the first data was received. A data transmission subsystem in the chassis couples the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling, includes data transmission optical waveguides, and receives second data via the optical waveguide coupling and over a number of the data transmission optical waveguides that depends on a second data transmission speed at which the second data was received, and then transmits that second data to the transceiver processor.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically replicating configuration parameters from securely identified connected systems are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes discovering a set of one or more systems connected via at least one network; identifying at least one of the one or more systems of the discovered set by processing cryptographic data associated with at least a portion of the one or more systems; establishing a communication session with the at least one identified system by securing at least one application programming interface; replicating one or more configuration parameters from at least a portion of the at least one identified system in connection with the established communication session; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the one or more replicated configuration parameters.

Abstract: A direct-attach cable data transmission visual indicator system includes a networking device having a port. A direct-attach cable includes a direct-attach cable connector that is located on an end of the direct-attach cable and that couples the direct-attach cable to the port. A visual indicator device is included on the direct-attach cable connector and is configured to receive data transmission information from the networking device via the port and the direct-attach cable connector, with the data transmission information associated with the transmission of data via the port. The visual indicator device then provides a visual indication that is based on the data transmission information.

Abstract: A direct-attach cable data transmission visual indicator system includes a networking device having a port, and a direct-attach cable that includes a direct-attach cable connector that is located on an end of the direct-attach cable and that couples the direct-attach cable to the port, and a visual indicator device that is included on the direct-attach cable adjacent to and spaced apart from the direct-attach cable connector. The visual indicator device receives, from the networking device via the port and the direct-attach cable connector, data transmission information that is associated with the transmission of data via the port, and provides a visual indication that is based on the first data transmission information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically replicating configuration parameters from securely identified connected systems are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes discovering a set of one or more systems connected via at least one network; identifying at least one of the one or more systems of the discovered set by processing cryptographic data associated with at least a portion of the one or more systems; establishing a communication session with the at least one identified system by securing at least one application programming interface; replicating one or more configuration parameters from at least a portion of the at least one identified system in connection with the established communication session; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the one or more replicated configuration parameters.

Abstract: A multi-speed transceiver device includes a chassis having an optical cable connector coupled to a transceiver processor, and an optical waveguide coupling. A data receiving subsystem in the chassis couples the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling, includes data receiving optical waveguides, and transmits first data received from the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling over a number of the data receiving optical waveguides that depends on a first data transmission speed at which the first data was received. A data transmission subsystem in the chassis couples the transceiver processor to the optical waveguide coupling, includes data transmission optical waveguides, and receives second data via the optical waveguide coupling and over a number of the data transmission optical waveguides that depends on a second data transmission speed at which the second data was received, and then transmits that second data to the transceiver processor.

Abstract: Traditionally, rail systems for racks that house electronic equipment, such as information handling system only allow motion from one side of the rack, if they allow movement at all. Embodiments presented herein provide mechanisms and methods that allow for motion of information handling systems in a housing from more than just one side of the housing.

Abstract: An active device module may include an active device, a housing configured to house the active device, and a visual indicator integrated within the active device module and configured to visually indicate status information associated with a port of an information handling system to which the active device module is communicatively coupled.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically discovering and securely identifying connected systems are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes discovering a set of one or more systems connected via at least one network using one or more domain name server (DNS) service discovery techniques; identifying at least one of the one or more systems of the discovered set by processing cryptographic data associated with at least a portion of the one or more systems using one or more digest access authentication techniques; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the at least one identified system.