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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Dayan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William J. Piazza, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Simon C. Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Dayan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
William J. Piazza, Holly Springs, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An aggregated server blade system includes a plurality of individual server blades and a management module which can be designated as a bootable device. A boot list maintained and executed in each server blade includes a management module entry in its list of bootable devices. In response to the management module entry being selected or otherwise made active as the bootable device for a particular blade, an alternative bootable-devices list maintained on the management module is referenced and the boot process proceeds according to the alternative list.