US Patent 7464257 Mis-configuration detection methods and devices for blade systems

A mis-configuration detection method for a blade system. A blade system comprising a plurality of blade servers, a first Input/Output (I/O) module, a second I/O module, and a management module is provided, each blade server comprising a daughter card (DC). The management module determines a first candidate I/O type according to a DC type and activates the blade servers, or executes DC mis-configuration operations, determines a second candidate I/O type according to the DC type and activates the first I/O module, or executes an I/O mis-configuration operation, and activates the second I/O module according to the type of the first I/O module, or executes I/O mis-configuration operations.