BLADE CENTER KVM DISTRIBUTION
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1. A system for providing redundant video signals from a server blade in a blade center, comprising:
- a capture system for capturing a video signal from a video chipset in the server blade, wherein the capture system duplicates and encapsulates the video signal into a pair of video streams and transmits the pair of video streams to a midplane in the blade center; and
a switch module that decapsulates the pair of video streams and generates an unroutable video signal and a routable video signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing redundant video signals from a server blade in a blade center. A blade center is described that includes a capture system for capturing a video stream off a PCI-x bus in a server blade and delivering the pair of video streams to a midplane in the blade center; and a switch module that inputs the pair of video streams and generates an unroutable video signal and a routable video signal.
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1. A system for providing redundant video signals from a server blade in a blade center, comprising:
a capture system for capturing a video signal from a video chipset in the server blade, wherein the capture system duplicates and encapsulates the video signal into a pair of video streams and transmits the pair of video streams to a midplane in the blade center; and
a switch module that decapsulates the pair of video streams and generates an unroutable video signal and a routable video signal.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A blade center having a plurality of server blades, each capable of running a KVM (keyboard video mouse) application for a blade client, comprising:
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a plurality of daughter cards each coupled to an associated server blade that reads a video signal off a bus in the server blade and diverts the video signal to a midplane; and a switch module that reads the video signal from the midplane and generates a first video signal using a first communication protocol and a second video signal using a second communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of providing redundant video signals from a server blade in a blade center, comprising:
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reading a video signal off a bus generated by a hardware chipset in the server blade; duplicating and encapsulating the video signal into a pair of video streams; delivering the pair of video streams to a switch module via a midplane in the blade center; decapsulating the pair of video streams; and generating an unroutable video signal and a routable video signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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