Patent ID: 8407447

Claim:
A system of computing components, comprising: a plurality of logical partitions that operate independently from one another and each independently share software and hardware resources between computing components within each of the logical partitions; a first computing component with a first management processor, the first computing component being allocated to a first logical partition; and a second computing component with a second management processor, the second computing component being allocated to a second logical partition; wherein the first management processor of the first computing component is configured to reallocate the first computing component to a third logical partition without affecting the second computing component, wherein affecting a computing component includes interrupting the computing component; and wherein the first and second management processors are configured to receive a partition description that: indicates whether the first and second management processors have a primary or auxiliary role among other management processors in each respective logical partition; and disables an external interface associated with a management processor with an auxiliary role and enables an external interface associated with a management processor with a primary role.