Patent ID: 7137020

Claim:
A method for configuring a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a field replaceable unit comprising a plurality of components including a defective component, and wherein the field replaceable unit comprises a first field replaceable unit, and the defective component comprises a second field replaceable unit having an associated field replaceable unit identification memory configured to store error information associated with the second field replaceable unit, the method comprising: identifying the defective component in the computer system; disabling at least the defective component; dynamically reconfiguring the computer system to allow continued operation with the defective component disabled; allowing continued operation of at least a portion of the plurality of components of the field replaceable unit other than the defective component; generating a component map of the components in the first field replaceable unit, the component map including enable information regarding the components; accessing the component map to disable a subset of components associated with the defective component; and accessing the error information in the associated field replaceable unit identification memory to set a defective error bit to disable the second field replaceable unit.