Patent ID: 7028125

Claim:
A hot-pluggable peripheral input device coupling system for coupling one or more peripheral input devices to a server platform, with the peripheral input devices being connected to a specific type of input connector having a set of power lines and a set of data lines, for the purpose of allowing the peripheral input devices to input data and commands to the server platform; the hot-pluggable peripheral input device coupling system comprising: a connecting port, which is pluggable to the input connector, and which bifurcates the power lines and the data lines of the input connector; a power module, which is coupled via the connecting port to the power lines of the input connector for supplying power to the peripheral input devices; a hot-plug detection module, which is coupled to the power module, and which is capable of generating a hot-plug enable signal in the event of the power module being electrically connected to the peripheral input devices; and at least two management control modules, including a first management control module and a second management control module; wherein the first management control module is preset to active mode while the second management control module is preset to standby mode to serve as a redundant backup module to the first management control module such that in the event of a failure to the first management control module, the second management control module will be promptly switched to active mode; and wherein the one of the first management control module and the second management control module that is currently in active mode will respond to the hot-plug enable signal from the hot-plug detection module to perform an initialization procedure for the peripheral input devices to allow the server platform to be functionally linked to the peripheral input devices.