Common boot environment for a modular server system
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1. A modular server system, comprising:
- a midplane having a system management bus and a plurality of blade interfaces;
a plurality of server blades connected to said blade interfaces, with each server blade having a server blade system management bus connected to said system management bus; and
a storage blade connected to one of said blade interfaces, said storage blade having a storage blade system management bus connected to said system management bus, said storage blade to store operating system (OS) software for said plurality of server blades.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to provision a plurality of server blades from a modular server system with operating system software is described.
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30 Claims
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1. A modular server system, comprising:
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a midplane having a system management bus and a plurality of blade interfaces;
a plurality of server blades connected to said blade interfaces, with each server blade having a server blade system management bus connected to said system management bus; and
a storage blade connected to one of said blade interfaces, said storage blade having a storage blade system management bus connected to said system management bus, said storage blade to store operating system (OS) software for said plurality of server blades. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A storage blade, comprising:
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a hard disk drive;
a hard disk drive controller; and
a provisioning module to provision a plurality of server blades with OS software stored on said hard disk drive. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to provision a plurality of servers, comprising:
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receiving a request to load an operating system (OS) from each of a plurality of server blades;
determining an identifier for each of said plurality of server blades;
searching for an OS identifier associated with said server blade identifier;
retrieving an OS from a storage system using said OS identifier; and
loading each server blade with its retrieved OS. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method to provision a plurality of servers, comprising:
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creating a connection with a storage blade, said storage blade having a plurality of operating system (OS) software;
sending a request to provision said server blade with one of said OS software; and
receiving OS software in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An article comprising:
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a storage medium;
said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in provisioning a plurality of servers by receiving a request to load an operating system (OS) from each of a plurality of server blades, determining an identifier for each of said plurality of server blades, searching for an OS identifier associated with said server blade identifier, retrieving an OS from a storage system using said OS identifier, and loading each server blade with its retrieved OS. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. An article comprising:
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a storage medium;
said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in provisioning a plurality of servers by creating a connection with a storage blade, said storage blade having a plurality of operating system (OS) software, sending a request to provision said server blade with one of said OS software, and receiving OS software in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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