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

Claim 0:
1. A computing system, comprising:
a first server node comprising 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 third and fourth inter-processor connections between the first socket and the second socket, wherein the first server node is coupled to a backplane;
a second server node comprising a third socket corresponding to a third processor in the second server node, and a fourth socket corresponding to a fourth processor in the second server node, and a fifth and sixth inter-processor connections between the third socket and the fourth socket, wherein the second server node is coupled to the backplane;
a UltraPath Interconnect (UPI) midplane comprising a first inter-processor connection that 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 and a second inter-processor connection that 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;
logic configured to change the first and second server nodes to a first server configuration in which the first and second inter-processor connections are disabled, both of the third and fourth inter-processor connections are enabled, and both of the fifth and sixth inter-processor connections are enabled, in response to a user selection indicating that the first and second server should be configured as two independent servers, wherein the UPI midplane and the first and second server nodes remain physically connected, and the first and second server nodes are able to communicate with each other via the backplane when the first and second inter-processor connections are disabled; and
the logic configured to change the first and second server nodes to a second server configuration in which the first and second inter-processor connections are enabled, one of the third and fourth inter-processor connections is disabled, one of the fifth and sixth inter-processor connections is disabled, and the processors in the first, second, third, and fourth sockets are arranged in a ring topology, in response to a user selection indicating that the first and second sever nodes should be configured as a single server, wherein the UPI midplane and the first and second server nodes remain physically connected and are able to communicate via the UPI midplane.