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Verifying a communication bus connection to a peripheral device

  • US 10,324,888 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2016
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a data module that receives, over a communication bus cable, an identifier for a location of a slot of a backplane where a peripheral device is installed, the peripheral device communicatively and directly coupled to an information handling device using the communication bus cable;

    a verification module that compares the identifier received over the communication bus cable to a predefined location identifier assigned to the communication bus cable according to a predefined cable configuration for the backplane; and

    a notification module that sends a notification in response to the identifier received over the communication bus cable not matching the predefined identifier assigned to the communication bus cable.

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