Data mover selection system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system provided by:
• a first node having a first processing subsystem;
• and
• a second node having a second processing subsystem;
• a memory system provided by:
• a first memory subsystem that is included in the first node;
• and
• a second memory subsystem that is included in the second node,
• wherein the memory system is coupled to the processing system and includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide:
• a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) that is configured to:
• discover, during a first initialization process, a first data mover device that is included in the first node and configured to offload data transfer operations from the first processing subsystem, and a second data mover device that is included in the second node and configured to offload data transfer operations from the second processing subsystem;
• and
• generate, during the first initialization process, a first data mover selection table based on the first data mover device, the second data mover device, the first memory subsystem, and the second memory subsystem;
• an operating system engine that is configured to:
• determine that a first data transfer operation provides for the transfer of data from a first memory location in one of the first memory subsystem and the second memory subsystem to a second memory location in one of the first memory subsystem and the second memory subsystem;
• identify, using the first data mover selection table, a first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation based on the first data mover device having a higher priority relative to a second data mover device for performing data transfers from the first memory location to the second memory location;
• and
• transmit, in response to identifying the first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation, a first data transfer instruction to the first data mover device that is configured to cause the first data mover device to perform the first data transfer operation to transfer data from the first memory location to the second memory location.

A method for selecting a data mover device comprising:

• discovering, by a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) provided by a computing device during a first initialization process:
• a first data mover device that is included in a first node having a first processing subsystem and a first memory subsystem, wherein the first data mover device is configured to offload data transfer operations from the first processing subsystem;
• and
• a second data mover device that is included in a second node having a second processing subsystem and a second memory subsystem, wherein the second data mover device is configured to offload data transfer operations from the second processing subsystem;
• generating, by the BIOS provided by the computing device during the first initialization process, a first data mover selection table based on the first data mover device, the second data mover device, the first memory subsystem, and the second memory subsystem;
• determining, by an operating system provided by the computing device, that a first data transfer operation provides for the transfer of data from a first memory location in one of the first memory subsystem and the second memory subsystem to a second memory location in one of the first memory subsystem and the second memory subsystem;
• identifying, by the operating system provided by the computing device using the first data mover selection table, a first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation based on the first data mover device having a higher priority relative to a second data mover device for performing data transfers from the first memory location to the second memory location;
• and
• transmitting, by the operating system provided by the computing device in response to identifying the first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation, a first data transfer instruction to the first data mover device that is configured to cause the first data mover device to perform the first data transfer operation to transfer data from the first memory location to the second memory location.