Patent ID: 9009453
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first blade server element to be coupled to a multiprocessor blade server platform, the first blade server element comprising an adapter; the blade server platform also comprising a circuit board that is capable of being removably coupled to other blade server elements, the other blade server elements each being respective multiprocessor blade servers; the platform being capable of operating as a network server; the adapter being capable of operating as an iSCSI initiator for a remote boot, using a first protocol stack, of an operating system (OS) from a remote boot target, the first protocol stack being independent of an OS transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) stack; the adapter also being capable of being used as a network interface for a network traffic flow other than another flow associated with the remote boot target and the iSCSI initiator; the first protocol stack being independent of a second protocol stack that is to be associated with the network traffic flow; the adapter being capable of maintaining network connectivity associated with the another flow when other network connectivity associated with the network traffic flow ceases, so as to permit consistent remote boot target use via the network connectivity associated with the another flow.