Patent ID: 8140730
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product including computer usable program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium for determining the best expansion card slot for an expansion card installed in a computer, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for setting the slot width of the first expansion card slot connected to the expansion card, wherein the slot width of the first expansion card slot is serially set to two or more of the link widths supported by the expansion card; computer usable program code for retraining the expansion card at each of the set slot widths; computer usable program code for measuring a current link speed and a current link width for the expansion card at each of the set slot widths; computer usable program code for identifying link capabilities for the first and second expansion card slots in a computer system, wherein the link capabilities of each slot include a link speed and a link width supported by each slot; and computer usable program code for determining which one or more of the first and second slots will provide the greatest throughput of the expansion card.