Patent ID: 7464257

Claim:
A mis-configuration detection method for blade systems, comprising: providing a blade system, comprising a plurality of blade servers, a first Input/Output (I/O) module, a second I/O module, and a first management module, each blade server comprising a daughter card; when the blade system is activated, the first management module determining whether each installed daughter card type is the same; if each installed daughter card type is the same, the first management module designating the daughter card type a first candidate I/O type and activating the blade servers, and, if not, daughter card mis-configuration is detected, such that daughter card mis-configuration operations are executed; the first management module determining whether the first I/O module type is identical to the first candidate I/O type; and if the first I/O module type is identical to the first candidate I/O type, the first management module designating the first I/O module type a second candidate I/O type and activating the first I/O module, and, if not, I/O module mis-configuration is detected, such that I/O module mis-configuration operations are executed.