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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Darren J. Cepulis, Houston, TX (US);
Masud M. Reza, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael Stearns, Cypress, TX (US);
Chanh V. Hua, Houston, TX (US);
Darren J. Cepulis, Houston, TX (US);
Masud M. Reza, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael Stearns, Cypress, TX (US);
Chanh V. Hua, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with at least some embodiments, a system () includes an aggregator backplane () coupled to a plurality of fans (A-N) and power supplies (A-N) and configured to consolidate control and monitoring for the plurality of fans (A-N) and power supplies (A-N). The system () also includes a plurality of compute nodes (A-N) coupled to the aggregator backplane (), wherein each compute node (A-N) selectively communicates with the aggregator backplane () via a corresponding interposer board (A-N). Each interposer board (A-N) is configured to translate information passed between its corresponding compute node (A-N) and the aggregator backplane ().