Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Greg Albrecht

Scott Lynn Michaelis

Jason W Reasor

Bradley Gordon Culter

Anurupa Rajkumari

Richard Dickert Powers

One embodiment of the invention is a method for resetting a partition of a multiple partition system, wherein the partition comprises a plurality of processors, the method comprising executing, by one processor of the plurality of processors, reset code from firmware, building a list of reset register addresses associated with the plurality of processors, sending an interrupt to the other processors of the plurality of processors, resetting the other processors by writing a reset code to their associated reset registers, and resetting the one processor by writing to its associated reset register.

Resetting multiple cells within a partition of a multiple partition computer system

According to at least one embodiment, a method of managing configuration data for a multi-cell computer system is provided. The method comprises storing configuration data for a given multi-cell computer system to nonvolatile memory of at least one cell of the given multi-cell computer system. The method further comprises storing a corresponding identifier to the nonvolatile memory of the at least one cell that uniquely identifies the given multi-cell computer system to which the stored configuration data corresponds.

System and method for managing configuration data for a multi-cell computer system

A method for providing a firmware developer user interface in a multi-nodal computer system comprises polling for a break command during boot of a multi-nodal computer system and invoking a firmware developer user interface when the break command is encountered.

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