Fabric interposer for blade compute module systems

An information handling system having unified architecture, said system comprising:

• at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module having a plurality of unified fabric architecture buses;
• a connector on the at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module;
• a mid-plane of an information handling blade compute module system coupled to the connector of the at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module;
• a unified fabric architecture switch coupled to the plurality of unified fabric architecture buses through the connector and mid-plane;
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• at least one multi-context input-output controller coupled to the unified fabric architecture switch.

A method for using a unified fabric architecture blade compute module in an information handling blade compute module system, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a unified fabric architecture blade compute module having a plurality of unified fabric architecture buses;
• providing an information handling blade compute module system with a mid-plane having specific input-output fabric buses;
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• coupling a fabric interposer module between the unified fabric architecture blade compute module and the mid-plane of the information handling blade compute module system;
• wherein the fabric interposer module has at least one input-output (I/O) fabric controller with an interface to at least one of the unified fabric architecture buses of the unified fabric architecture blade compute module, and an interface to a one of the specific input-output fabric buses of the information handling blade compute module system.

A method for using a unified fabric architecture blade compute module in an information handling blade compute module system, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module having a plurality of first unified fabric architecture buses;
• providing a connector on the at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module;
• providing a mid-plane of an information handling blade compute module system coupled to the connector of the at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module;
• providing a unified fabric architecture switch coupled to the plurality of first unified fabric architecture buses through the connector and mid-plane;
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• providing at least one multi-context input-output controller coupled to the unified fabric architecture switch;
• wherein the at least one unified fabric architecture blade compute module communicates with the unified fabric architecture switch over the plurality of first unified fabric architecture buses, and the unified fabric architecture switch communicates with the at least one multi-context input-output controller over a plurality of second unified fabric architecture buses.