Input/output switching method, electronic device, and system for a server
AssigneesInventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
InventorChia-Hsiang Chen
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Abstract
An input/output switching system for a server is disclosed herein. The input/output switching system includes a logic-determination device and at least one connector. The at least one connector electrically connects with at least one electronic card. The at least one connector comprises at least one first standard-bus pin group, at least one second standard-bus pin group, and a first distinguishing-signal pin group. The logic-determination device generates a first determination result which is used for determination of type of the at least one electronic card by receiving a distinguishing signal transmitted from the first distinguishing-signal pin group.
Claims2
An input/output switching system, comprising:
- at least one connector, being used to connect with at least one electronic card, and comprising at least one first standard-bus pin group, at least one second standard-bus pin group, a first distinguishing-signal pin group and a second distinguishing-signal pin group, wherein the at least one first standard-bus pin group and the at least one second standard-bus pin group belong to different bus interface standards;
- a BMC, being used to connect with the second distinguishing-signal pin group and generate a second determination result according to a second distinguishing signal transmitted from the second distinguishing-signal pin group to the BMC;
- a logic-determination device, which comprises a switch-control module, a BMC register, and the logic-determination device receives an external signal, the logic-determination device generates a first determination result which is used for determination of type of the at least one electronic card by receiving a first distinguishing signal transmitted from the first distinguishing-signal pin group;
- the BMC register is used to receive the second determination result and transmit the second determination result to the switch-control module, the switch-control module turns on/off a conduction of the at least one second standard-bus pin group of the at least one connector according to the first determination result, the second determination result and the external switch signal.
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