Patent ID: 8583847
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information handling system comprising: a cable connected to a storage controller of the information handling system; a backplane configured to connect a drive to the information handling system; and a processor in communication with the cable and with the backplane, the processor configured to detect a presence of the drive, to output a pulse from a first terminal of the processor in response to the detection of the presence of the drive, to detect a voltage at a second terminal of the processor in response to the output pulse, to determine a first storage technology of the drive in response to a first value of the voltage at the second terminal, to determine a second storage technology of the drive in response to a second value of the voltage at the second terminal, to determine a third storage technology of the storage controller, to determine whether there is a misconfiguration between the first storage technology and the third storage technology or between the second storage technology and the third storage technology, to set a mask register of a board management controller firmware as an invalid slot when the misconfiguration is determined, and to generate a notification when the misconfiguration is determined.