Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers

Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers include a plurality of chassis managed collectively to form one or more provisioned servers. A central client coordinates gathering of provisioning and management information from the chassis, and arranges for distribution of control information to t...

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Main Authors Mehrotra, Sharad, Saraiya, Nakul Pratap, Lovett, Thomas Dean, Nicolaou, Cosmos, Shingane, Mangesh, Finkelstein, Yuri, Collins, Curtis M, Hanson, Geoffrey H
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.01.2011
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Summary:Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers include a plurality of chassis managed collectively to form one or more provisioned servers. A central client coordinates gathering of provisioning and management information from the chassis, and arranges for distribution of control information to the chassis. One of the chassis may perform as a host or proxy with respect to information and control communication between the client and the chassis. Server provisioning and management information and commands move throughout the chassis via an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. Alternatively, the client may establish individual communication with a subset of the chassis, and directly communicate with chassis in the subset. Server provisioning and management information includes events generated when module status changes, such as when a module is inserted and becomes available, and when a module fails and is no longer available. Each chassis includes a switch fabric enabling communication between chassis modules.