Method for hot swapping of network components
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1. A method of changing an interface card in a computer, comprising:
- prior to removing a first interface module from the computer, powering down the first interface module via power control circuit without powering down said computer, such that the computer is provided arbitrated access to at least a second interface module;
removing the first interface module from the computer, comprising the act of electrically terminating and isolating electrical hardware of said computer upstream the point where said first interface module is removed;
removing an interface card from said first interface module;
replacing said interface card into said interface module; and
replacing said first interface module into said computer without powering down said computer.
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Abstract
Methods of removing and replacing data processing circuitry are provided comprising removing a network interface module from the computer without powering down the computer and removing an interface card from the network interface module. The further acts of replacing the interface card into the network interface module and replacing the network interface module into the computer without powering down the network computer are also performed in accordance with this method.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of changing an interface card in a computer, comprising:
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prior to removing a first interface module from the computer, powering down the first interface module via power control circuit without powering down said computer, such that the computer is provided arbitrated access to at least a second interface module;
removing the first interface module from the computer, comprising the act of electrically terminating and isolating electrical hardware of said computer upstream the point where said first interface module is removed;
removing an interface card from said first interface module;
replacing said interface card into said interface module; and
replacing said first interface module into said computer without powering down said computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for interconnecting plural modules of a server, comprising:
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mounting a backplane printed circuit board on the back of a chassis with a front, back, sides, top, and bottom;
connecting a CPU module to said backplane printed circuit board when mounting a CPU module on said chassis;
connecting each interface module of plural interface modules to said backplane printed circuit board when removably mounting each said interface module on said chassis, wherein said backplane printed circuit board comprises electrical hardware that is configured to provide electrical termination and isolation between said interface module and electrical circuitry on said backplane printed circuit board upstream said electrical hardware when any of said interface modules has been removed;
removably connecting at least one interface card to one of said plurality of interface modules; and
removably connecting a plurality of power modules to said backplane printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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