Patent ID: 7085961

Claim:
A blade server management system with an auxiliary management structure for controlling server blades and switch blades, the blade server management system with an auxiliary management structure comprising: a connecting base including a plurality of blade slots, a first management board slot, and a second management board slot, wherein the server blades and the switch blades are inserted in the plurality of blade slots; a first management board connecting with the first management board slot, wherein the first management board waits for a first predetermined period to receive first heart beat signals, and the first management board becomes a master management board and controls the server blades and switch blades and then sends out second heart beat signals if the first management board fails to receive the first heart beat signals after the first predetermined period; a second management board connecting with the second management board slot, wherein the second management board becomes a slave management board if the second management board receives the second heart beat signals, and the slave management board obtains information from the master management board to stand by to take over the master management board; and a memory connecting with the connecting base to record working statuses of the master management board, wherein the master management board and the slave management board transfer and maintain information synchronization therebetween by way of communication ports, and the master management board and the slave management board transfer and maintain the information synchronization therebetween by way of local area network ports when the communication ports fail to connect.