Patent ID: 9705987
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A server control method, suitable for controlling a chassis controller of a just a bunch of disk (JBOD) system, comprising: when a power of the chassis controller is on, determining whether the chassis controller is connected to a blade server; when the chassis controller is connected to the blade server, further determining whether the blade server operates normally by determining whether a handshaking command or a control command is received from the blade server; when the blade server operates normally, switching the chassis controller to a slave device of the blade server, and controlling the JBOD system in response to a control command of the blade server; and when the chassis controller is not connected to the blade server, when the blade server does not operate normally or when the chassis controller is not successfully switched to the slave device of the blade server, switching the chassis controller to a master mode for controlling the JBOD system.