Patent ID: 7657677

Claim:
A blade server system, comprising: a middle plane board including a first connector; and a server blade including a second connector for being electrically connected to the first connector, the second connector including a plurality of contacts in compliance with a connector specification, the contacts including: contact A1 for conducting a signal indicating whether the server blade is present; contacts A2 and A3 for conducting a SCSI (small computer system interface) request signal; contacts A4 to A9, B8, B9, E1, E2, E4, E7, F2 to F11, G2, and G9 for conducting signals for SCSI channel byte signal pairs; contacts B4 and B5 for conducting SCSI input/output signals; contacts B6 and B7 for conducting selection signals; contacts C4 and C5 for conducting SCSI reset signals; contacts C6 and C7 for conducting SCSI message signals; contacts C8 and C9 for conducting SCSI command/data signals; contacts D4 and D5 for conducting SCSI attention signals; contacts D6 and D7 for conducting SCSI busy signals; contacts D8 and D9 for conducting SCSI acknowledge signals; contact E3 for conducting a SCSI differential sense input signal; contacts E8 and E9 for conducting SCSI high byte parity signals; contacts G10 and G11 for conducting SCSI low byte parity signals; contacts A10, A11, B10, B11, C10, C11, D10, D11, and E11 for conducting system 12V power signals; contact B1 for conducting a standby 5V power signal; contact B2 for conducting a standby 5V precharge power signal; contacts B3, C2, C3, and D3 for indicating an identification of the server blade; contacts C1 and D1 for conducting system 5V power signals; contact D2 for conducting a system 12V precharge power signal; contact F1 for conducting a chassis management module (CMM) flow control Clear To Send (CTS) signal; contact G1 for conducting a CMM flow control Request To Send (RTS) signal; contact H1 for conducting an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus data signal for a display interface; contact H2 for conducting an I2C bus clock signal for a display interface; contact H3 for conducting a display signal for blue color; contact H4 for conducting a display signal for green color; contact H5 for conducting a display signal for red color; contact H6 for conducting a display vertical synchronous signal; contact H7 for conducting a display horizontal synchronous signal; contact H8 for conducting a Universal Serial Bus (USB) negative signal; contact H9 for conducting a USB positive signal; contact H10 for conducting an I2C bus clock signal; contacts E10 and Y1 to Y11 for grounding; and contact H11 for conducting a I2C bus data signal.