Patent ID: 8601215
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A processor which is added to a server system, comprising: a first initialization unit which reads a first program for checking a reliability of said processor into a cache memory which is included in the processor in response to an instruction by the server system to add the processor into the server system and executes said first program; a link establishing unit which establishes a link between said processor and another processor which exists in said server system after the completion of said first program; and a second initialization unit which reads a second program for checking a reliability of said cache memory into a predetermined memory area and executes said second program when said second initialization unit receives a notification indicating the completion of the establishment of a communication path between said predetermined memory area and said processor from another processor which exists in a partition in which said processor is added, the communication path is established after the link between the processor and another processor is established by the link establishing unit.