Midplane for blade server management

摘要

In a switching system (fig. 1) comprising server card â bladesâ (104, fig. 1 & 202, fig. 6), a midplane 123 is connected to switch modules 4201-3 on different server cards thus providing a fabric interconnect for a switch fabric under the operation of a management controller (1604, fig. 16) which updates and monitors the switch modules, and informs others when one fails. Switch modules may be replaced (â hot swappedâ ) without restarting the system or fabric.