Patent ID: 8650343

Claim:
A method of upgrading a memory apparatus comprising: plugging one or more additional daughter-memory-cards into one or more additional sockets of a base-board, each of the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards including one more non-volatile memory devices (NVMD) mounted thereto; after having plugged the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards into the one or more additional sockets, configuring each of the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards with a unique identification, each of the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards configured for use within the base-board; and after having plugged the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards into the one or more additional sockets, updating a non-volatile card configuration device to at least identify each of the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards plugged into the one or more additional sockets, wherein the updating of the non-volatile card configuration device includes storing the unique identification of each of the one or more additional daughter-memory-cards; bad block information associated with each non-volatile memory device (NVMD) mounted to each additional daughter-memory-card; and health indicators associated with each non-volatile memory device (NVMD) mounted to each additional daughter-memory-card.