# US 2018/0324973 A1 · Server Display for Displaying Server Component Information

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- Number: US 2018/0324973 A1
- Document ID: US20180324973A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/587,893
- Filed: 2017-05-05
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-05
- Assignees: Dell Products L.P.
- Applicants: Dell Products, LP
- Inventors: Corey D. Hartman; Stuart Allen Berke
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180324973A1

## CPC

- H05K 7/1494: {having hardware for monitoring blades, e.g. keyboards, displays (methods or software therefore H05K7/1498)}
- G06F 1/186: Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure
- G06F 11/3044: {where the computing system component is the mechanical casing of the computing system}
- G06F 11/3051: {Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247)}
- G06F 11/324: {Display of status information}
- H05K 7/1498: {Resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification, tracking, physical location (thermal management H05K7/20836)}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A server includes slots for adding peripheral devices, and a server chassis having a openings corresponding to the slots. A display mounted on the server chassis proximate the opening displays slot characteristics, slot status information, or user defined information corresponding to the slots.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A server comprising:
a set of slots for adding peripheral devices to the server;
a server chassis having a set of openings corresponding to the set of slots; and
a display mounted on the server chassis proximate the openings, the display configured to display slot characteristics, slot status information, or user defined information corresponding to the set of slots.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the display is a part of a display housing and the display housing is mounted to the server chassis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The server of claim 2, further comprising a display mount positioned on the server chassis, wherein the display housing is mounted on the display mount.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, further comprising a baseboard management controller (BMC), wherein the display is connected to the BMC to be controlled by the BMC.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein the set of openings includes a first opening corresponding to a first slot of the set of slots, and a first portion of the display proximate the first opening displays information regarding the first slot.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The server of claim 5, wherein the set of openings includes a second opening corresponding to a second slot of the set of slots, and a second portion of the display proximate the second opening displays information regarding the second slot.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein each slot includes a peripheral card connector.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The server of claim 1, wherein slot characteristics include a communication protocol supported by the slot.

### Claim 9

An information handling system comprising:
a set of slots for adding peripheral devices to the information handling system;
a chassis having a set of openings corresponding to the set of slots; and
a display mounted on the chassis, the display configured to display textual information associated with the set of slots, wherein the textual information includes slot characteristics, slot status information or user defined information.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The information handling system of claim 9, wherein each slot of the set includes a peripheral card connector.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the display is positioned proximate to the set of openings.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The information handling system of claim 9, further comprising a baseboard management controller (BMC), wherein the display is connected to the BMC to be controlled by the BMC.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the set of openings includes a first opening corresponding to a first slot of the set of slots, and a first portion of the display proximate the first opening displays information regarding the first slot.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The information handling system of claim 13, wherein the first slot includes a first peripheral card connector, and the first portion displays information regarding the first peripheral card connector.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The information handling system of claim 13, wherein the set of openings includes a second opening corresponding to a second slot of the set of slots, and a second portion of the display proximate the second opening displays information regarding the second slot.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The information handling system of claim 15, wherein the second slot includes a second peripheral card connector and is populated by a peripheral device, and the second portion displays information regarding the peripheral device.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The information handling system of claim 15, wherein slot status information includes communication speed corresponding to a slot.

### Claim 18

A server comprising:
a set of slots for adding peripheral devices to the server, each slot of the set including a respective peripheral card connector;
a server chassis having a set of openings corresponding to the set of slots;
a baseboard management controller (BMC); and
a display mounted on the server chassis, the display connected to the BMC to be controlled by the BMC and abutting the set of slots, the display configured to display textual information associated with the set of slots, wherein the textual information includes slot characteristics, slot status information or user defined information.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The server of claim 18, wherein the set of openings includes a first opening corresponding to a first slot of the set of slots, and a first portion of the display proximate the first opening displays a communication protocol and a communication speed supported by the first slot.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The server of claim 18, wherein the set of openings includes a first opening corresponding to a first slot of the set of slots, the first slot is populated by a first peripheral device connected to the respective peripheral card connector, and a first portion of the display proximate the first opening displays a communication speed negotiated between the server and the peripheral device.