Patent 7289319 was granted and assigned to Sun Microsystems on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A server blade is provided which comprises a processor. The server blade additionally comprises an enclosure which encloses the processor. The server blade is configured as a field replaceable unit removably receivable in a carrier of a modular computer system, and is configured as an oversized unit to span more than one standard information processing module receiving location in the carrier.