Patent ID: 9092594
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system board, comprising: a substrate with one or more connectors, wherein a set of power signals and a set of communication signals are configured to be communicated between the one or more connectors; one or more physical connections configured to connect to an outside entity; node cards, wherein each node card includes one or more nodes, wherein each node card is configured to connect to at least one of the one or more connectors, and wherein each node card is configured to receive power from the set of power signals and communicate using the set of communication signals; node to node links, wherein the node to node links are configured to connect the nodes on the node cards together and to provide communication paths between the nodes; and a chassis management unit configured to detect a presence of a particular node card based on an internal pullup to a power signal by the particular node card, wherein the chassis management unit is further configured to record the presence of the particular node card in a system register.