Patent ID: 7440998
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
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.