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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Joseph E. Bolan, Cary, NC (US);
Gregory W. Dake, Durham, NC (US);
Scott N. Dunham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew B. Mcneill, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Martin J. Tross, Haifa, IL (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Cary, NC (US);
Ben-ami Yassour, Haifa, IL (US);
Joseph E. Bolan, Cary, NC (US);
Gregory W. Dake, Durham, NC (US);
Scott N. Dunham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew B. McNeill, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Martin J. Tross, Haifa, IL (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Cary, NC (US);
Ben-Ami Yassour, Haifa, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for managing virtual addresses of blade servers in a data center are disclosed that include storing by a blade server management module ('BSMM'), in non-volatile memory of a blade server, a parameter block, the parameter block including one or more virtual addresses for communications adapters of the blade server and one or more action identifiers, each action identifier representing a type of address modification; detecting, by a basic input-output system ('BIOS') module of the blade server upon powering on the blade server, the parameter block; and modifying, by the BIOS module of the blade server in dependence upon the one or more action identifiers of the parameter block, an address of at least one communications adapter of the blade server.