Patent ID: 7146497

Claim:
A system capable of dynamically configuring a multi-node computer, the system comprising: a plurality of processor nodes; and a scalability management module directly coupled to each of the plurality of processor nodes, the scalability management module including: a dedicated processor for managing the plurality of nodes, the dedicated processor not being from the plurality of processor nodes; and a scalability chipset for enabling the dedicated processor to dynamically configures the plurality of nodes into a coordinated multi-node computer, wherein the scalability chipset comprises a local memory controller for a booting node in the plurality of processor nodes, instructions for processor allocation and set-up of hardware/software in the booting node, and host bridge controller information forte booting node, wherein the multi-node computer is configured by the scalability management module without a re-wiring of connections between processor nodes during a subsequent reconfiguration of the multi-node computer.