Patent ID: 8214467

Claim:
A method of migrating port-specific operating parameters during blade server failover, the method comprising: querying, by a system management server of a data center, a switch for port-specific operating parameters of a first port, the data center comprising blade servers coupled for data communications to one another and to the system management server by a network, the system management server comprising a computer subsystem that automates server management processes in the data center, the switch comprising a data communications component of the network, the switch comprising ports, the ports comprising physical points of connection between the switch and blade servers, each port having associated port-specific operating parameters, the switch connected at the first port to a failing blade server, wherein querying a switch for port-specific operating parameters of a first port further comprises: for each switch in a chassis in which the failing blade server is installed: determining, from a data structure associating slot numbers and port identifications, one or more port identifications associated with a slot number of the failing blade server; and querying the switch for port-specific operating parameters using the determined port identifications associated with the slot number of the failing blade; and assigning, by the system management server, the port-specific operating parameters to a second port in the same switch or another switch connected at the second port to a replacement blade server.