Patent ID: 7787482

Claim:
A blade server system, comprising: a plurality of blade slots; at least one switch module; and a blade in one or more of the plurality of blade slots, wherein each of the at least one switch module comprises: an expander for host adapter traffic; an expander for device adapter traffic; and a switch module connector for each of the plurality of blade slots, wherein each switch module connector is partitioned into a first interface for host adapter traffic and a second interface for device adapter traffic; wherein the first interface is connected to the expander for host adapter traffic; and wherein the second interface is connected to the expander for device adapter traffic; wherein the blade comprises a blade connector, wherein the blade connector is partitioned into a first interface for host adapter traffic of the blade and a second interface for device adapter traffic of the blade, and wherein the blade connector is coupled to one of the switch module connectors such that host adapter traffic occurs on the first interface and device adapter traffic occurs on the second interface; and wherein the blade is an integrated redundant array of independent disks drive enclosure blade, wherein the first interface of the blade connector is a two lane interface and wherein the second interface of the blade connector is a two lane interface.