Method and apparatus to couple a module to a management controller on an interconnect
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsEdoardo Campini, Steven DeNies, Mark Summers, Lawson Guthrie
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Abstract
Embodiments are generally directed to a method and apparatus to couple a module to a management controller on an interconnect. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a module has coupled to an interconnect, the interconnect coupled to a modular platform backplane. The method further includes logically coupling the module to one of a plurality of management controllers resident on the interconnect, each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- detecting that a module has coupled to an interconnect, wherein the interconnect is coupled to a modular platform backplane;
- and
- logically coupling the module to one of a plurality of management controllers resident on the interconnect, wherein each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.
An apparatus comprising:
- an interconnect including an interface to receive and couple a module, wherein the interconnect couples to a modular platform backplane;
- and
- a module manager to logically couple the module to one of a plurality of management controllers responsive to the interconnect, wherein each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.
A system comprising:
- a modular platform backplane;
- an interconnect including an interface, the interface to receive and couple a module, wherein the interconnect couples to the modular platform backplane;
- and
- a module manager to logically couple the module to one of a plurality of management controllers responsive to the interconnect, wherein each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.
A machine-accessible medium comprising content, which, when executed by a machine causes the machine to:
- detect that a module has coupled to an interconnect, wherein the interconnect is coupled to a modular platform backplane;
- and
- logically couple the module to one of a plurality of management controllers on the interconnect, wherein each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.