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1 US A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2002/ A1 Fung (43) Pub. Date: Jan. 10, 2002 (54) (75) (73) (21) (22) (63) SYSTEM, ARCHTECTURE, AND METHOD FOR LOGCAL SERVER AND OTHER NETWORK DEVCES N A DYNAMCALLY CONFGURABLE MULT-SERVER NETWORK ENVRONMENT nventor: Henry T. Fung, San Jose, CA (US) Correspondence Address: R. Michael Ananian FLEHR HOHBACH TEST ALBRTTON & HERBERT LLP Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA (US) Assignee: Amphus, nc. Appl. No.: 09/860,212 Filed: May 18, 2001 Related US. Application Data Continuation of application No. 09/121,352,?led on Jul. 23, 1998, now Pat. No. 6,079,025. Continuation of application No. 08/767,821,?led on Dec. 17, 1996, now Pat. No. 5,892,959. Continuation of application No. 08/460,191,?led on Jun. 2, 1995, now aban doned. Continuation of application No. 08/285,169,?led on Aug. 3, 1994, now abandoned. Continuation of application No. 08/017,975,?led on Feb. 12, 1993, now Pat. No. 5,396,635. Continuation of application No. 07/908,533,?led on Jun. 29, 1992, now aban doned. Continuation of application No. 07/532,314,?led on Jun. 1, 1990, now abandoned. Continuation of application No. 09/558,473,?led on Apr. 25, Non-provisional of provisional application No. 60/283,375,?led on Apr. 11, Non-provisional of provisional application No. 60/236,043,?led on Sep. 27, Non-provisional of provisional appli cation No. 60/236,062,?led on Sep. 27, Publication Classi?cation (51) nt. Cl?..... G06F 1/26; G06F 1/28; G06F 1/30 (52) Us /300 (57) ABSTRACT Network architecture, computer system and/or server, cir cuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy consumption and workload management and control systems and archi tectures for high-density and modular multi-server computer systems that maintain performance while conserving energy and method for power management and workload manage ment. Dynamic server power management and optional dynamic workload management for multi-server environ ments is provided by aspects of the invention. Modular network devices and integrated server system, including modular servers, management units, switches and switching fabrics, modular power supplies and modular fans and a special backplane architecture are provided as well as dynamically recon?gurable multi-purpose modules and servers. Backplane architecture, structure, and method that has no active components and separate power supply lines and protection to provide high reliability in server environ ment. A \ FACLTES COOLNG ROUTER LOAD BALANCER UPLNK NTERNET (OR OTHER NETWORK) <- CUENT SYSTEMS 1g 52 EXTEND T0... MULTlPLE RACKS W BAYS MANAGEMENT NODE(S)... [LOCALAND REMOTE) ELECTRC SERVCE 66

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