PCI SLOT CONTROL APPARATUS WITH DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION FOR PARTITIONED SYSTEMS

A SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING AND ALLOCATING INDIVIDUAL PCI SLOTS WITHIN A PRIMARY HOST BRIDGE (PHB) IN A PARTITIONED COMPUTER SYSTEM IS PROVIDED. AN INNOVATIVE PHB SYSTEM IS INCLUDED WHICH ALLOWS A PCI SLOT TO BE DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OR MORE PARTITIONS AT A GIVEN TIME, ALLOWING FOR MORE EFFICIEN...

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Hauptverfasser: RICHARD BEALOWSKI, PATRICK M. BLAND
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Zusammenfassung:A SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING AND ALLOCATING INDIVIDUAL PCI SLOTS WITHIN A PRIMARY HOST BRIDGE (PHB) IN A PARTITIONED COMPUTER SYSTEM IS PROVIDED. AN INNOVATIVE PHB SYSTEM IS INCLUDED WHICH ALLOWS A PCI SLOT TO BE DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OR MORE PARTITIONS AT A GIVEN TIME, ALLOWING FOR MORE EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF SYSTEM RESOURCES. (FIGURE 1)