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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
James A. Mott, Oakland, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for comparing identifications of circuit boards in a midplane. When a first circuit board and a second circuit board are inserted into opposite sides of the midplane, an incompatibility between the first circuit board and the second circuit board may damage or impair the operation of one or both of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. To solve this problem, a first identification is stored on the first circuit board and a second identification is stored on the second circuit board. If the first identification of the first circuit board and the second identification of the second circuit board indicate an incompatibility, then one or both of the first circuit board and the second circuit board is/are prevented from fully powering up.