An apparatus for providing duplicated shelf managers in an ATCA system is provided. The apparatus for providing duplicated shelf managers includes a hub/switch in a control backplane to allow a manager to access the duplicated shelf managers all the time from an external network while maintaining the switch configuration defined of the ATCA specification. The hub/switch connects Ethernet ports of the duplicated two shelf managers and Ethernet ports of the two switches at the same time, and connects the two shelf managers and the two switches to the Internet.