Method and system for supporting software partitions and dynamic reconfiguration within a non-uniform memory access system

A non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computer system capable of supporting software partition and dynamic reconfiguration, said NUMA computer system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes coupled to an interconnect, wherein each of said plurality of nodes includes a NUMA bridge and a local interconnect;
• means for forming a plurality of software partitions within said NUMA computer system, wherein each of said plurality of software partitions associates with a subset of said plurality of nodes;
• a destination map table in a NUMA bridge of each of said plurality of nodes, wherein said destination map table keeps track of a subset of said plurality of nodes associated with a software partition;
• and
• means for forwarding a command to nodes associated with a software partition as defined by said destination map table.

A computer program product residing on a computer usable medium for supporting software partition and dynamic reconfiguration within a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computer system, said computer program product comprising:

• program code means for forming a plurality of software partitions within said NUMA computer system, wherein said NUMA computer system includes a plurality of nodes coupled to an interconnect, wherein each of said plurality of nodes includes a NUMA bridge and a local interconnect, wherein each of said plurality of software partitions associates with a subset of said plurality of nodes;
• program code means for providing a destination map table in a NUMA bridge of each of said plurality of nodes, wherein said destination map table keeps track of a subset of said plurality of nodes associated with a software partition;
• and
• program code means for forwarding a command to nodes associated with a software partition as defined by said destination map table.