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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Chien Chi Chen, Taipei, TW;
Yun-ting Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Yen Shin Lee, Taipei, TW;
Hung-jen Wu, Yilan, TW;
Chien Chi Chen, Taipei, TW;
Yun-Ting Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Yen Shin Lee, Taipei, TW;
Hung-Jen Wu, Yilan, TW;
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Managing shared resources in a multi-computer system with failover support, including: reading priority detection signals from a computer inserted into the multiple-computer system, the priority detection signals representing a priority of the inserted computer; reading planar detection signals from the computer, the planar detection signals representing an insertion state of all computers currently inserted into the multiple-computer system; determining if the computer has the highest priority among all the computers inserted into the multiple-computer system in accordance with the priority detection signals and the planar detection signals; and, in response to determining that the computer has the highest priority, monitoring shared resources and outputting a specific output signal associated with the highest priority computer, the specific output signal providing an identification of the highest priority computer to other computers currently inserted into the multiple-computer system and representing control, by the highest priority computer, of the shared resources.