Patent ID: 8819484
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server, the method comprising: detecting, by the service processor, a processor socket reconfiguration event corresponding to a first processor socket, the first processor socket assigned the primary processor identity and the primary processor identity indicating that a processor connected to the processor socket assigned the primary processor identity has ownership of a particular resource of the server; disabling, by the service processor, the first processor socket of the server in response to detecting the processor socket reconfiguration event; reassigning, by the service processor, the primary processor identity from the first processor socket to a second processor socket of the server such that a processor connected to the second processor socket has ownership of the particular resource of the server; disabling, by the service processor, a first bus connection between the first processor socket and an input/output subsystem within the server; and enabling, by the service processor, a second bus connection between the second processor socket and the input/output subsystem.