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EVALUATION OF FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT DEPENDENCIES AND CONNECTIONS

  • US 20150205618A1
  • Filed: 02/17/2014
  • Published: 07/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of controllers, each with at least one connection to each of a plurality of compute nodes, each compute node comprising at least one field replaceable unit (FRU);

    determining a status of an inter-FRU connection between a first FRU and a second FRU in a same one of the plurality of compute nodes, wherein the inter-FRU connection is required in order to initialize the first FRU during a system boot;

    determining a status of an intra-FRU connection between components within the first FRU, wherein the intra-FRU connection is required in order to initialize the first FRU during the system boot;

    determining a status of connections between each of the plurality of controllers and at least one FRU in each of the plurality of computer nodes; and

    selecting, based on the statuses, a master controller from the plurality of controllers to use when performing the system boot to initialize the plurality of compute nodes.

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