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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Tara Lynn Astigarraga, Vail, AZ (US);
David Franklin Dehaan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Patricia J. Jeffalone, Tucson, AZ (US);
Omolaoye Olatunde-bello, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shariffa B. Siewrattan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Frances Bennett Tsingine, Tucson, AZ (US);
Tara Lynn Astigarraga, Vail, AZ (US);
David Franklin DeHaan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Patricia J. Jeffalone, Tucson, AZ (US);
Omolaoye Olatunde-Bello, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shariffa B. Siewrattan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Frances Bennett Tsingine, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A blade center is provided with an additional video output system which includes additional video output capabilities to allow a user to point to another blade within the blade center to work locally on a blade that does not include media tray access. The local access is granted via a control (e.g., a button) on the control panel of the blades or a control on the chassis or management module that allows the user to specify which blade to use for the second video output connection to a KVM console or direct host connect. This video output system advantageously allows more than one blade to be interactively utilized in a graphic environment at any time. Other blades executing local applications can be accessed and/or modified while another blade is accessing the media tray for installations and using one of the video output controls.