Patent ID: 8880938
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to limit impact of a repair action on availability of a server system, the computer-implemented method comprising: providing the server system, which comprises a midplane, a first interposer card, and a plurality of server cards providing a plurality of compute nodes each having local storage, each server card executing a respective hypervisor that in turn executes a respective plurality of virtual machines, the plurality of server cards including a first server card, wherein the first interposer card is disposed between the midplane and the first server card, thereby operatively connecting the midplane and the first server card, wherein the first interposer card comprises a switch module configured to switch network traffic for the first server card, wherein the first interposer card is hot-swappable from the midplane, wherein the first server card is hot-swappable from the first interposer card; detecting that the switch module has failed, by operation of one or more computer processors; and upon detecting that the switch module has failed, outputting for display an indication to perform the repair action on the switch module.