| 摘要 |
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, connect service processors in server blades via a wireless network. The server blades include a wireless network interface adapter, which connects the server blades to a master service processor in a blade management controller. The master service processor uses the wireless network to send commands to each server blade in response to a user interface. The commands may include such functions as controlling power to the server blades, updating firmware on the server blades, configuring partitions at the server blades, and collecting diagnostic information from the server blades. In various embodiments, the server blades may be mounted in a housing connected via a backplane or midplane, and the server blades may be in the same housing as the blade management controller or in a different housing. In an embodiment, service processors on server machines mounted in a rack may be connected via a wireless network. In this way, a higher bandwidth network may be provided for service processor functions while decreasing the need for use of the expensive real estate on a midplane or backplane.
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