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US 9,069,929 B2Granted
Arbitrating usage of serial port in node card of scalable and modular servers
AssigneeIII Holdings 2, LLC
InventorsDavid Borland, Arnold Thomas Schnell, Mark Davis
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Abstract
A node card includes a substrate having a connector that communicates a plurality of signals between the substrate and an outside entity. One or more nodes are connected to the substrate, and the one or more nodes receive power from one or more signals communicated over the connector. The one or more nodes also communicate with the outside entity using the one or more signals communicated over the connector.
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A node card, comprising:
- a substrate having a connector that communicates a plurality of signals between the substrate and an outside entity;
- at least two nodes connected to the substrate, wherein the at least two nodes receive power from one or more first signals communicated over the connector and communicate with the outside entity using one or more second signals communicated over the connector;
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- one or more level shifters that translate a signal on the connector to a signal applied to at least one of the at least two nodes;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of signals is configured to arbitrate usage of a serial port on the node card by the at least two nodes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.