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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Shanghai, CN;
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Song Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Jing Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Xiao-Bing Zou, Shanghai, CN;
Ping-Wei Peng, Taipei, TW;
INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A blade server has a casing, a plurality of blade server module boards, a first chassis management controller (CMC) and a second CMC. There are a plurality of main board slots at a first side of the casing and at least a first CMC slot and a second CMC slot at a second side of the casing opposite to the first side. The plurality of main board slots are all electrically connected to both of the first CMC slot and the second CMC slot, wherein the first CMC slot and the second CMC slot are electrically connected to each other. The plurality of blade server module boards are plugged into the plurality of main board slots. The first CMC and the second CMC are redundant to each other. When one of the two CMCs malfunctions, the blade server module boards are controlled by the other one CMC functioning normally.