Patent ID: 11960439
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method implemented by a system including a plurality of processors, each processor including a respective domain controller and coupled to a respective set of one or more domain endpoint devices via respective links, the system further including one or more non-domain endpoint devices, respective non-domain endpoint devices communicatively coupled either directly or indirectly to at least one processor, the method comprising:
implementing multiple MCTP (Management Control Transport Protocol) domains, each MCTP domain employing a domain controller in a respective processor and employing 8-bit device Endpoint Identifiers (EIDs) to uniquely identify domain endpoint devices within the MCTP domain; and
enabling the one or more non-domain endpoint devices to communicate with domain endpoint devices in each of the multiple MCTP domains.