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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Harry Cheselka, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mitchell L. Loeb, Durham, NC (US);
Norman C. Strole, Raleigh, NC (US);
Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Harry Cheselka, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mitchell L. Loeb, Durham, NC (US);
Norman C. Strole, Raleigh, NC (US);
Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a computer program product for detecting link status in a blade system are provided. The method and computer program product provide for generating a first pattern of characters at a server blade of the blade system, transmitting the first pattern of characters from the server blade to an Ethernet switch of the blade system, and comparing a second pattern of characters to the first pattern of characters to determine whether a link from the Ethernet switch to a network is active in response to the server blade receiving the second pattern of characters from the Ethernet switch.