Patent ID: 11966350
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
configuring a first server node and a second server node in a same computing system in a first server configuration, wherein the first server node comprises a first socket corresponding to a first processor in the first server node, a second socket corresponding to a second processor in the first server node, and a first controller in a first chipset, and the second server node comprises a third socket corresponding to a third processor in the second server node, a fourth socket corresponding to a fourth processor in the second server node, and a second controller in a second chipset; and
configuring the first and second server nodes in a second server configuration using a first inter-processor connection and a second inter-processor connection disposed in a UltraPath Interconnect (UPI) midplane in response to a user selection indicating that the first and second sever nodes should be configured as a single server, wherein the first inter-processor connection is connected at a first end to the first processor of the first socket and at a second end to the third processor of the third socket, the second inter-processor connection is connected at a first end to the second processor of the second socket and at a second end to the fourth processor of the fourth socket, the processors in the first, second, third, and fourth sockets are arranged in a ring topology, and the first controller is a master while the second controller is on standby when booting the first and second server nodes;
wherein the first and second inter-processor connections are unused when the first and second server nodes are in the first server configuration, wherein the UPI midplane and the first and second server nodes remain physically connected and are able to communicate with each other via a backplane coupled to the first and second server nodes when the first and second inter-processor connections are disabled, and wherein the first and second controllers are both used when booting the first and second server nodes in the first server configuration.