Patent ID: 8745437
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a midplane including a fabric interconnect for a switch fabric; a plurality of interposer cards, each interposer card comprising a switch module configured to switch network traffic for a respective server card, wherein each interposer card is disposed between the midplane and the respective server card, thereby operatively connecting the midplane and the respective server card, wherein each interposer card is hot-swappable from the midplane, and wherein each server card is hot-swappable from the respective interposer card; and an interposer interconnect between at least a first interposer card and a second interposer card of the plurality of interposer cards, wherein a switch module of the first interposer card is configured to switch network traffic via the interposer interconnect and for a server card of the second interposer card upon detection of a failure of a switch module of the second interposer card.