Migrating port-specific operating parameters during blade server failover
US8214467B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0846
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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