Server system and operation method thereof

• Main Authors: Kung, Ching-Fu, Chen, Yu-Cheng, Lai, Te-Hsien
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.03.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An operation method for a server system includes: (A) under control of a hardware abstraction layer (HAL), a plurality of node management units sharing a hardware resource; (B) if If one of the node management units needs to use the hardware resource, the method includes the node management unit sending an instruction or a data to the HAL and accordingly the HAL using the hardware resource in represent of the node management unit; and (C) if. If an external instruction is received, the method includes the HAL identifying which transmission port of the hardware resource receives the external instruction, so to send the external instruction to a corresponding node management unit, and. Then, after the external instruction is executed, the method includes the corresponding node management unit sending back an information to the HAL so that the HAL sends back the information to an external system administrator.