Failover of blade servers in a data center
US7945773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2046
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Failover of blade servers in a data center, including powering off by a system management server a failing blade server, the failing blade server characterized by a machine type, the failing blade server mapped to remote computer boot storage administered through a Storage Management Initiative-Specification (‘SMI-S’) provider; identifying, by the system management server by use of the SMI-S provider from a pool of standby blade servers, a replacement blade server; remapping by the system management server through the SMI-S provider the remote computer boot storage of the failing blade server to the replacement blade server; and powering on the replacement blade server by the system management server.
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