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US 9,092,594 B2Granted
Node card management in a modular and large scalable server system
AssigneeIII Holdings 2, LLC
InventorsDavid Borland, Arnold Thomas Schnell, Mark Davis
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Abstract
A system board includes a substrate with one or more connectors. A set of power signals and a set of communication signals are communicated between the one or more connectors. The system board also includes one or more physical connections that connect to an outside entity. The system board further includes one or more node cards. Each node card connects to at least one of the one or more connectors, and each node card is configured to receive power from the set of power signals and communicate using the set of communication signals.
Claims41
A system board, comprising:
- a substrate with one or more connectors, wherein a set of power signals and a set of communication signals are configured to be communicated between the one or more connectors;
- one or more physical connections configured to connect to an outside entity;
- node cards, wherein each node card includes one or more nodes, wherein each node card is configured to connect to at least one of the one or more connectors, and wherein each node card is configured to receive power from the set of power signals and communicate using the set of communication signals;
- node to node links, wherein the node to node links are configured to connect the nodes on the node cards together and to provide communication paths between the nodes;
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- a chassis management unit configured to detect a presence of a particular node card based on an internal pullup to a power signal by the particular node card, wherein the chassis management unit is further configured to record the presence of the particular node card in a system register.
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