公开(公告)号：GB2492620B

公开(公告)日：2013-06-05

申请号：GB201208064

申请日：2012-05-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： TRI STEVEN MICHAEL ,  O'CONNOR JAMES ,  HOLLAND WILLIAM GAVIN ,  ENGEBRETSEN DAVID ,  HUGHES JAMES EDWARD ,  ARMSTRONG WILLIAM JOSEPH ,  CRIPPEN MARTIN JOSEPH ,  DESAI DHRUV MANMOHANDAS ,  BORKENHAGEN JOHN MICHAEL ,  HILLIER PHILIP ROGERS III ,  PATEL PRAVIN

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  H04L69/40

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing a switch fabric. In one embodiment, a server system is provided that includes a midplane, one or more server cards, switch modules and a management controller. The midplane may include a fabric interconnect for a switch fabric. The one or more server cards and the switch modules may be operatively connected to the midplane. The switch modules may be configured to switch network traffic for the one or more server cards. The management controller may be configured to manage the switch modules via the fabric interconnect.

公开(公告)号：GB2492620A

公开(公告)日：2013-01-09

申请号：GB201208064

申请日：2012-05-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： TRI STEVEN MICHAEL ,  O'CONNOR JAMES ,  HOLLAND WILLIAM GAVIN ,  ENGEBRETSEN DAVID ,  HUGHES JAMES EDWARD ,  ARMSTRONG WILLIAM JOSEPH ,  CRIPPEN MARTIN JOSEPH ,  DESAI DHRUV MANMOHANDAS ,  BORKENHAGEN JOHN MICHAEL ,  HILLIER PHILIP ROGERS III ,  PATEL PRAVIN

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  H04L69/40

Abstract: 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.