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

Claim 19:
20. A processor, having an MCTP (Management Control Transport Protocol) domain controller and a plurality of Input/Output (I/O) interfaces configured to be coupled to respective domain endpoint devices and a global endpoint device when installed in a first socket in a multi-socket computer system, wherein the MCTP domain controller is configured to:
implement an MCTP domain that is operated independent from at least one other MCTP domain implemented by an MCTP domain controller in a second processor installed in a second socket in the multi-socket computer system, wherein the MCTP domain employs 8-bit device Endpoint Identifiers (EIDs) to uniquely identify the domain endpoint devices within the MCTP domain, and a global EID for the global endpoint device.