MODULAR SERVER SYSTEM, I/O MODULE AND SWITCHING METHOD
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Abstract
A modular server system includes a plurality of server groups, wherein each server group is adapted to receive a plurality of server modules, and a plurality of I/O groups, wherein each I/O group is adapted to receive a plurality of I/O components and includes a switching arrangement with at least one switch element, wherein each of the plurality of I/O groups is allocated to exactly one of the plurality of server groups, the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of I/O components of the I/O group, the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of server modules of the server group allocated to the I/O group, and the switch arrangement of each I/O group is coupled by a data link to at least one other switch arrangement of another I/O group.
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32 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A modular server system comprising:
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a plurality of server groups, wherein each server group is adapted to receive a plurality of server modules, and a plurality of I/O groups, wherein each I/O group is adapted to receive a plurality of I/O components and comprises a switching arrangement with at least one switch element, wherein each of the plurality of I/O groups is allocated to exactly one of the plurality of server groups, the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of I/O components of the I/O group, the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of server modules of the server group allocated to the I/O group, and the switch arrangement of each I/O group is coupled by a data link to at least one other switch arrangement of another I/O group. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A modular server system comprising:
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a plurality of server groups, each server group adapted to receive a plurality of server modules and comprising a switch arrangement with at least one switch element, and a plurality of I/O groups, wherein each I/O group is adapted to receive a plurality of I/O components, wherein each of the plurality of server groups is allocated exactly one of the plurality of I/O groups, the switch arrangement of each server group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of server modules of the server group, the switch arrangement of each server group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of I/O components of the I/O group allocated to the server group, and the switch arrangement of each server group is directly coupled by a data link to at least one other switch arrangement of another server group. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An I/O module for use in a modular server system comprising:
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at least one module printed circuit board, at least one first terminal arranged on the module printed circuit board for a first I/O component, at least one second terminal arranged on the module printed circuit board for a second I/O component, at least one plug arranged on the module printed circuit board that couples the I/O module to a shared printed circuit board of the modular server system by a data link, and at least one switch element arranged on the module printed circuit board that selectively establishes data connections between a predetermined group of server modules of the modular server system, said predetermined group being allocated to the I/O module, and the first and/or second I/O component, and establishes data connections between the predetermined group of server modules of the modular server system and a switch element of a similar I/O module.
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30. A switching method for a modular server system comprising:
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directly establishing first data connections between a first component of a first type of a first group of similar components, and a second component of a second type of a second group of similar components via a first switch element of the second group; and indirectly establishing second data connections between the first component of the first group and a third component of the second type via the first switch element and a second switch element of the third group. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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Specification