Patent ID: 7646594
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A blade server system, comprising: a middle plane board; and a server blade, comprising a first connector for electrically connecting to the middle plane board, wherein the first connector includes a plurality of pins complying with a specific connector specification, and only a specified pin which is located at a specified row and a specified column of the first connector and a another pin which is located at the specified row and a specified different column of the first connector are configured to receive a universal serial bus (USB) signal from the middle plane board; wherein the pins are arrayed in eight (8) horizontal rows and eleven (11) vertical columns, and the eight (8) horizontal rows are indexed by English capital letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, while the eleven (11) vertical columns are indexed by Arabic numbers; wherein the specified pin is an H8 pin positioned at the Hth horizontal row and the eighth (8 wherein the middle plane board comprises a second connector, the second connector comprises a plurality of slots for receiving the pins correspondingly, wherein a first slot and a second slot are for respectively receiving the H8 pin and the H9 pin; wherein the first slot and the second slot are respectively connected to an advanced server management card (ASMC) via a first USB signal line and a second USB signal line.