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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Dayan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brandon J. Ellison, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Dayan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brandon J. Ellison, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for a failover management module for a server blade chassis. A virtual out-of-band network connects management modules in different server blade chassis. Upon a detection of a failure of the management module(s) in a first server blade chassis, a management module in a second server blade chassis takes over control of the first server blade chassis.