MODULAR SERVER ARCHITECTURE WITH ETHERNET ROUTED ACROSS A BACKPLANE ...

1. An apparatus comprising:

a media blade inserted into one of a plurality of blade interfaces on a midplane, the media blade having at least one media device, wherein the at least one media device is to comprise a streaming media processing device; and

at least one switch blade to perform network switching between a server blade and one or more other server blades inserted into the plurality of blade interfaces.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a power supply module coupled to the midplane.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a cooling fan to cool one or more components of The apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a chassis to house the midplane.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one media device comprises at least one of: a storage medium device, a graphics processing device, or an audio processing device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a server blade inserted into one of the plurality of blade interfaces on the midplane, the server blade having a server blade system management bus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of switch blades to perform network switching between the server blade and any number of other server blades inserted into the plurality of blade interfaces.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one or more of the blades inserted into the plurality of blade interfaces are hot swappable.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server blade is configured to operate as the management blade.

10. A midplane comprising:

a plurality of blade interfaces, wherein at least one of the plurality of blade interfaces is to receive a media blade, the media blade having at least one media device, wherein the at least one media device is to comprise a streaming media processing device,

wherein another one of the plurality of blade interfaces is to receive a management blade, wherein the management blade is to monitor operations of one or more devices coupled to the midplane.

11. The midplane of claim 10, further comprising a power supply module coupled to the plurality of blade interfaces.

12. The midplane of claim 10, further comprising a cooling fan to cool one or more components coupled to the plurality of blade interfaces.

13. The midplane of claim 10, further comprising a chassis to house the midplane.

14. The midplane of claim 10, further comprising a server blade inserted into one of the plurality of blade interfaces, the server blade having a server blade system management bus.

15. The midplane of claim 10, further comprising a blade having a processor.

16. The midplane of claim 10, wherein one or more of the blades inserted into the plurality of blade interfaces are hot swappable.

17. The midplane of claim 10, wherein a server blade is configured to operate as the management blade.

18. A media blade comprising:

at least one media device, wherein the at least one media device is to comprise a streaming media processing device,

wherein the media blade is inserted into one of a plurality of blade interfaces on a midplane.

19. The media blade of claim 18, wherein a power supply module is coupled to the midplane.

20. The media blade of claim 18, wherein a cooling fan is to cool one or more components of the media blade.