Implementing ultra high availability personality card

A method and circuit for implementing an enhanced availability personality card for a chassis computer system, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The personality card includes a first erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and a second EPROM, each EPROM...

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Hauptverfasser: BOLAN JOSEPH E, CRIPPEN MARTIN J, COWELL DAVID L, ROBERTSON DEREK, ACKARET JERRY D, HUGHES JAMES E, DURHAM CHRISTOPHER L, FRANKE JEFFERY M, O'CONNOR JAMES A, SHEPLOCK JOHN M, CASH KEVIN M, JENSEN DAVID J, BANDHOLZ JUSTIN P, NGUYEN BAY VAN, LANGGOOD JOHN K, SMITH WILSON E, BIGELOW BRIAN E
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Zusammenfassung:A method and circuit for implementing an enhanced availability personality card for a chassis computer system, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The personality card includes a first erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and a second EPROM, each EPROM storing Vital Product Data (VPD) and a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor sensing temperature. A primary bidirectional bus and a redundant bidirectional bus are respectively connected between the first EPROM and the first temperature sensor and the second EPROM and the second temperature sensor, and a pair of chassis management modules. Each chassis management module includes a switch connected to both the primary bidirectional bus and the redundant bidirectional bus providing redundant paths, enabling continued function with failure of any critical personality card component.