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US 9,804,937 B2Granted
Backup backplane management control in a server rack system
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorsJen-Hsuen Huang, Fa-Da Lin, Pao-Ching Wang
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Abstract
A server rack includes a rack management controller (RMC) configured to manage a first function and a backplane including a backplane controller (BPC). The BPC is configured to monitor the RMC, determine that the RMC is unavailable, and manage the first function, in response to determining that the RMC is unavailable.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- managing, by a rack management controller (RMC) of a server rack, a first function;
- monitoring, by a backplane controller (BPC) of a backplane in the server rack, the RMC, the BPC coupled to a plurality of baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of the server rack;
- determining, by the BPC, that the RMC is unavailable;
- and
- managing, by the BPC, the first function, in response to determining that the RMC is unavailable.
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A server rack, comprising:
- a rack management controller (RMC) configured to manage a first function;
- and
- a backplane comprising a backplane controller (BPC), the BPC coupled to a plurality of baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of the server rack,
- wherein the BPC is configured to:
- monitor the RMC,
- determine that the RMC is unavailable;
- and
- manage the first function, in response to determining that the RMC is unavailable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.