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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Candice Leontine Coletrane, Durham, NC (US);
Eric Richard Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Chambrea Michelle Little, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robyn Alicia Mcglotten, Durham, NC (US);
Candice Leontine Coletrane, Durham, NC (US);
Eric Richard Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Chambrea Michelle Little, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robyn Alicia McGlotten, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for managing USB ports on blades in a blade center are presented. A set of remotely-transmitted instructions causes a multiplexer to physically disconnect one or more selected USB ports on a blade. In one embodiment, the same one or more selected USB ports are also software-disabled by a USB software-based controller.
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