METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE BLADE SERVER LOAD BALANCING USING SPARE LINK BANDWIDTH
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Abstract
A method for processing network information in a multi-server platform is disclosed and includes receiving by a blade server manager, capacity utilization information embedded in spare link bandwidth from a plurality of blade servers operably coupled to the blade server manager. Digital information received on a digital communication link may be forwarded to one of the plurality of blade servers. The blade servers may be selected based on the received capacity utilization information. The capacity utilization information may include blade server work load capacity, blade server power saving capacity, blade server CPU percent utilization, and/or data representing blade server interrupt utilization. The blade server manager may be operably coupled to an Ethernet network and/or an external network.
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54 Claims
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27. A method for processing network information in a multi-server platform, comprising:
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receiving by a blade server manager, capacity utilization information embedded in spare link bandwidth from a plurality of blade servers operably coupled to said blade server manager; and forwarding digital information received on a digital communication link to one of said plurality of blade servers, wherein said one of said plurality of blade servers is selected based on said received capacity utilization information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A server for processing network information in a multi-server platform, the server comprising:
a blade server manager operable to; receive capacity utilization information embedded in spare link bandwidth from a plurality of blade servers, said plurality of blade servers operably coupled to said blade server manager; and forward digital information received on a digital communication link to one of said plurality of blade servers, wherein said blade server manager selects one of said plurality of blade servers based on said received capacity utilization information. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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