Dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRalph M. Begun, Michael Decesaris, Randolph S. Kolvick, Steven L. Vanderlinden
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server are provided. Embodiments include detecting, by the service processor, a processor socket reconfiguration event corresponding to a first processor socket; disabling, by the service processor, the first processor socket of the server in response to detecting the processor socket reconfiguration event; and reassigning, by the service processor, the primary processor identity to a second processor socket of the server.
Claims17
A method of dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the service processor, a processor socket reconfiguration event corresponding to a first processor socket, the first processor socket assigned the primary processor identity and the primary processor identity indicating that a processor connected to the processor socket assigned the primary processor identity has ownership of a particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, the first processor socket of the server in response to detecting the processor socket reconfiguration event;
- reassigning, by the service processor, the primary processor identity from the first processor socket to a second processor socket of the server such that a processor connected to the second processor socket has ownership of the particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, a first bus connection between the first processor socket and an input/output subsystem within the server;
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- enabling, by the service processor, a second bus connection between the second processor socket and the input/output subsystem.
An apparatus for dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that when executed cause the computer processor to carry out the steps of:
- detecting, by the service processor, a processor socket reconfiguration event corresponding to a first processor socket, the first processor socket assigned the primary processor identity and the primary processor identity indicating that a processor connected to the processor socket assigned the primary processor identity has ownership of a particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, the first processor socket of the server in response to detecting the processor socket reconfiguration event;
- reassigning, by the service processor, the primary processor identity from the first processor socket to a second processor socket of the server such that a processor connected to the second processor socket has ownership of the particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, a first bus connection between the first processor socket and an input/output subsystem within the server;
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- enabling, by the service processor, a second bus connection between the second processor socket and the input/output subsystem.
A computer program product for dynamically reconfiguring a primary processor identity within a multi-processor socket server, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a signal, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:
- detecting, by the service processor, a processor socket reconfiguration event corresponding to a first processor socket, the first processor socket assigned the primary processor identity and the primary processor identity indicating that a processor connected to the processor socket assigned the primary processor identity has ownership of a particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, the first processor socket of the server in response to detecting the processor socket reconfiguration event;
- reassigning, by the service processor, the primary processor identity from the first processor socket to a second processor socket of the server such that a processor connected to the second processor socket has ownership of the particular resource of the server;
- disabling, by the service processor, a first bus connection between the first processor socket and an input/output subsystem within the server;
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- enabling, by the service processor, a second bus connection between the second processor socket and the input/output subsystem.
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