Enabling a heterogeneous blade environment
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, in a manager of a chassis having a plurality of blades, at least some of the blades being heterogeneous, a request for power-up of a first blade of the chassis;
enabling the first blade to power-up in a reduced boot mode and receiving a communication from the first blade in the manager, the communication including characteristic information and policy information associated with the first blade;
analyzing the characteristic information and the policy information with respect to resources of the chassis and determining a policy and a boot configuration for the first blade based on the analyzing.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a request for power-up of a first blade of a chassis, enabling the first blade to power-up in a reduced boot mode and receiving a communication including characteristic information and policy information associated with the first blade, and analyzing the characteristic information and the policy information to determine a policy and a boot configuration for the first blade. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, in a manager of a chassis having a plurality of blades, at least some of the blades being heterogeneous, a request for power-up of a first blade of the chassis; enabling the first blade to power-up in a reduced boot mode and receiving a communication from the first blade in the manager, the communication including characteristic information and policy information associated with the first blade; analyzing the characteristic information and the policy information with respect to resources of the chassis and determining a policy and a boot configuration for the first blade based on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium including instructions that when executed cause a system to:
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receive, in a manager of a chassis having a plurality of blades, at least some of the blades being heterogeneous, a request for power-up of a first blade of the chassis; enable the first blade to power-up in a reduced boot mode and receive a communication from the first blade in the manager, the communication including characteristic information and policy information associated with the first blade; analyze the characteristic information and the policy information with respect to resources of the chassis and determine a policy and a boot configuration for the first blade based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a plurality of blades, at least one of the blades having heterogeneous resources; and a chassis manager coupled to the plurality of blades, wherein the chassis manager is to receive a request for power-up of a first blade of the plurality of blades, enable the first blade to power-up in a reduced boot mode and receive a communication from the first blade, the communication including characteristic information and policy information associated with the first blade, and analyze the characteristic information and the policy information with respect to resources of the system and determine a policy and a boot configuration for the first blade based on the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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