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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Gregory W. Dake, Durham, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew B. Mcneill, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Norman C. Strole, Raleigh, NC (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory W. Dake, Durham, NC (US);
Eric R. Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew B. McNeill, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Norman C. Strole, Raleigh, NC (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Migrating port-specific operating parameters during blade server failover including querying, by a system management server of a data center, a switch for port-specific operating parameters of a first port, the data center comprising blade servers coupled for data communications to one another and to the system management server by a network, the system management server comprising a computer subsystem that automates server management processes in the data center, the switch comprising a data communications component of the network, the switch comprising ports, the ports comprising physical points of connection between the switch and blade servers, each port having associated port-specific operating parameters, the switch connected at the first port to a failing blade server; and assigning, by the system management server, the port-specific operating parameters to a second port in a same switch or another switch connected at the second port to a replacement blade server.