Patent ID: 8023434
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a processing system comprising: determining connection data of the processing system automatically by communicating with at least one node in the processing system, wherein the connection data consists of what nodes are cabled together, partitioned and in communication to yield interconnect data, and further wherein the interconnect data results from communications through a node management controller particular to each node; designating, subsequent to the determining, a primary node of the processing system, wherein the processing system is scalable; transmitting a partition command, automatically from the primary node to the at least one node, in response to the connection data and the designated primary node, the partition command having booting instructions for the at least one node; and whereby the method obviates a need for a smart terminal and Ethernet connection to communicate the connection data in order to achieve a resultant single-partition system.