Switch node for connecting a keyboard video mouse to selected servers in a interconnected switch node network
US6615272B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A switch node used for connecting a keyboard video mouse combination. (KVM) and a server in an array of servers, some of which may be attached (directly) to the switch node, and others of which may be attached to another switch node in a network of interconnected switch nodes. The switch node includes at least one keyboard video mouse combination (KVM) port; a plurality of server ports; a plurality of expansion ports connecting to other switch nodes in the network of switch nodes; a cross connect, for providing an inter-connection between each KVM and one of the server ports or one of the expansion ports; and a node operating system, for providing a user one of the KVMs an indication of each server in the array of servers, for determining a path to use for a connection between the KVM and a server, for configuring the cross connect to provide the path based on information provided by the node operating systems of other switch nodes in the network of switch nodes, and for requesting other switch nodes to configure their respective cross connects to provide the path determined by the node operating system; and an internode link port, for providing a network connection enabling commun…
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