Provisioning for a modular server
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1. A modular server comprising:
- blades, each of the blades including a corresponding storage module storing Basic Input Output System (BIOS) personality data;
a computer system including dedicated resources and a BIOS personality configuration agent, the BIOS personality configuration agent having a data storage module storing, for each of the blades, a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records for a particular blade corresponding to a different version of the BIOS personality data for the particular blade, wherein the BIOS personality configuration agent is configured to send to at least one of the blades one of the plurality of data records corresponding to the at least one of the blades based on at least one of;
a determination that updated BIOS personality data for the at least one of the blades is available, and a determination that a BIOS personality integrity check for the at least one of the blades failed; and
a backplane connecting the computer system to the blades.
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Abstract
A modular server includes a computer system having dedicated resources and a BIOS configuration agent, blades and a backplane connecting the computer system to the blades.
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30 Claims
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1. A modular server comprising:
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blades, each of the blades including a corresponding storage module storing Basic Input Output System (BIOS) personality data; a computer system including dedicated resources and a BIOS personality configuration agent, the BIOS personality configuration agent having a data storage module storing, for each of the blades, a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records for a particular blade corresponding to a different version of the BIOS personality data for the particular blade, wherein the BIOS personality configuration agent is configured to send to at least one of the blades one of the plurality of data records corresponding to the at least one of the blades based on at least one of;
a determination that updated BIOS personality data for the at least one of the blades is available, and a determination that a BIOS personality integrity check for the at least one of the blades failed; anda backplane connecting the computer system to the blades. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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in a modular server having blades, sending a request for a blade basic input output system (BIOS) personality update for a blade to a blade BIOS configuration agent based on at least one of;
a determination that updated BIOS personality data is available for the blade at the BIOS configuration agent, and a determination that a BIOS personality integrity check for the blade failed; andscheduling the BIOS personality update in the blade; wherein the BIOS configuration agent having a data storage module storing, for each of the blades, a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records for a particular blade corresponding to a different version of the BIOS personality data for the particular blade. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program product, stored in a machine readable storage device, for managing blade personalities in a modular server, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
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send a request for a blade Basic Input Output System (BIOS) personality update for at least one of a plurality of blades to a BIOS configuration agent based on at least one of;
a determination that updated BIOS personality data is available for the at least one of the plurality of blades at the BIOS configuration agent, and a determination that a BIOS personality integrity check for the at least one of the plurality of blades failed; andschedule the BIOS personality update in the blade; wherein the BIOS configuration agent having a data storage module storing, for each of the blades, a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records for a particular blade corresponding to a different version of the BIOS personality data for the particular blade. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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