Patent ID: 7590786

Claim:
A server system comprising: at least one server; a signal processing unit that connects a set of consoles including a keyboard, a video monitor and a mouse to said at least one server and enables said at least one server to be operated with the set of consoles; and a chassis having slots and a circuit board having interconnection lines connecting the slots, the interconnection lines including a first line for transporting keyboard and/or mouse signals and a second line for transporting video signals from/to said at least one server, said at least one server and the signal processing unit being inserted into any of the slots so as to be mutually connected via the interconnection lines, said at least one server and the signal processing unit being connected via an interface that allows plug and play connectivity so that another server can be switched to, connected to and disconnected from the server system without powering off the at least one server in an on state and the signal processing unit, wherein the signal processing unit sends the keyboard and/or mouse signals received from the keyboard and/or mouse to a selected one of said at least one server through the first line, and sends a command received from the selected one of said at least one server through the first line to the keyboard and/or mouse.