Patent ID: 8327113
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for on-line addition of an individual resource comprising: setting up physical and logical information for the individual resource with inband firmware or a system service processor (SSP), where setting up is performed by a computing device; defining serial links between a running system (RS) and the individual resource with the inband firmware or the system service processor (SSP); setting a path to a firmware; running self-test and initialization on the individual resource with the resource; indicating to firmware execution on the RS that the individual resource is ready to join at least one partition; and indicating to an operating system (OS) on the RS that the individual resource is ready to join at least one partition; and facilitating multiple quiescence operations relating to multiple domains, wherein a quiescence operation is initiated by the inband firmware or the SSP.