Patent ID: 8769142
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of setting transfer rate for an apparatus having a plurality of processing apparatuses in a plurality of enclosures, each processing apparatus including a processor outputting data and connected by one or a plurality of data transfer apparatuses for transferring the data output from the processor of the processing apparatus, the method comprising: determining one of first, second, and third configurations of partitions through which the apparatus is operated as a combination of the plurality of processing apparatuses, the first configuration being a configuration of partitions in which there exists neither connections between data transfer apparatuses inside same enclosure nor connections between different processing apparatuses, the second configuration being a configuration of partitions in which there exists one or more connections between data transfer apparatuses inside same enclosure and there exist no connections between different processing apparatuses, the third configuration being a configuration of partitions in which there exists one or more connections between data transfer apparatuses inside same enclosure and there exist one or more connections between different processing apparatuses; setting a transfer rate for broadcasting data in a data transfer apparatus included in a partition: