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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ronald P Corrado, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Anthony Joseph Cozzolino, New Paltz, NY (US);
Gerald Fahr, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Bret G Bidwell, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ellick Chi-lick Law, Woodstock, NY (US);
Patrick Caffrey, Saugerties, NY (US);
William Wajda, Staatsburg, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes identifying a first distributed conversion and control assembly (DCCA) in a central electronics complex (CEC) of a computer system, the CEC containing the first DCCA and a second DCCA, each of the first DCCA and the second DCCA having a flexible service processor (FSP); determining that the computer system satisfies preconditions for concurrent replacement of the first DCCA; disabling control software for a thermal and power management device (TPMD) of the first DCCA; fencing off the first DCCA; depowering the first DCCA; receiving a new media access control (MAC) address of a replacement DCCA; reconfiguring an operating system of the CEC to recognize the new MAC address of the replacement DCCA; powering on the replacement DCCA; removing the fencing off of the first DCCA; and resetting an FSP of the replacement DCCA.