System and method for providing a processing node with input/output functionality provided by an I/O complex switch

A processing node of a server rack includes a processor to generate processing node management requests and to process responses to the node management requests, and a communication module to receive the processing node management requests, to transmit over a communication link to a management contr...

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Hauptverfasser: Booth Bradley J, Pike Jimmy, Dube Shawn J, Winter Robert L, Hormuth Robert W, Lin Geng
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A processing node of a server rack includes a processor to generate processing node management requests and to process responses to the node management requests, and a communication module to receive the processing node management requests, to transmit over a communication link to a management controller of the server rack external to the processing node a processing node management request, to receive over the communication link from the management controller processing node management information, and to transmit the processing node management information to the processor.