Managing hardware resources for soft partitioning

Methods and apparatus for subdividing a hard partition of a computer server system into one or more soft partitions using partition management programming installed within firmware of the server system. The partition management firmware may be disposed at least partially on a central service process...

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Main Authors ALLISON MICHAEL S, POWERS RICHARD D, MORRISON JOHN A, FORD THOMAS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.11.2013
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Methods and apparatus for subdividing a hard partition of a computer server system into one or more soft partitions using partition management programming installed within firmware of the server system. The partition management firmware may be disposed at least partially on a central service processor and may be programmed to present generic interfaces, so that operating systems do not require modification to interface with the partition management programming.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090635598