Patent ID: 8850163
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system comprising a plurality of nodes, for automatically routing network interconnects, the method comprising: retrieving, by a processor in a node of the plurality of nodes, network topology from neighboring nodes in the plurality of nodes within the data processing system; constructing, by the processor, a system node map that identifies a physical connectivity between the node and the neighboring nodes; and programming, by the processor, a switch in the node with a connectivity map that indicates a set of point-to-point connections with and between the neighboring nodes, wherein, once programmed, the set of point-to-point connections comprise a set of locally-connected connections for interaction by the switch and a set of pass-through connections for communication between neighboring nodes without any interaction by the switch, wherein the node is one of a plurality of processing nodes within a modular processing module that comprises a set of processing module sides, wherein each processing module side comprises: