Managing hardware resources for soft partitioning
US8793481B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5077
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for partitioning a computer server system (400). A partition management application (430) residing within firmware on a central service processor (404) is configured to receive partitioning requests, to formulate partitioning instructions based on the partitioning requests, and to transmit the partitioning instructions to partition instantiation firmware (432) also residing on the central service processor (404). The partition instantiation firmware (432) is configured to direct server cell firmware (410) to create one or more partitions based on the partitioning instructions.
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