Blade server system and method of managing same

A blade server system comprising:

• a back plane having a plurality of slots;
• a blade server and a chassis management module inserted respectively in said slots;
• a plurality of chassis each accommodating said back plane, said blade server, and said chassis management module;
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• at least one housing accommodating said plurality of chassis;
• wherein said back plane having a storage unit storing a housing number for identifying said housing, in-housing chassis numbers for identifying the chassis in said housing, and in-chassis slot IDs for identifying said slots;
• when said blade server is inserted into the corresponding slot, said blade server acquires the in-chassis slot ID for identifying the slot in which said blade server is inserted from said back plane, and holds the acquired in-chassis slot ID;
• when said chassis management module is inserted into the corresponding slot, said chassis management module acquires said housing number and said in-housing chassis numbers from said back plane, holds the acquired housing number and the acquired in-housing chassis numbers, and manages the blade server which is inserted in the corresponding slot based on said in-chassis slot ID through said back plane;
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• one of the chassis management modules accommodated respectively in said chassis manages the other chassis management modules based on said housing number and said in-housing chassis numbers.