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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Patrick L. Caporale, Cary, NC (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael R. Turner, Carnation, WA (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patrick L. Caporale, Cary, NC (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael R. Turner, Carnation, WA (US);
Theodore B. Vojnovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Configuring expansion component interconnect ('ECI') physical functions on an ECI device in a computing system, including: configuring by an ECI device configuration manager, during run-time of the computing system, vital product data to include an ECI physical function configuration, wherein the ECI physical function configuration comprises data describing a type of ECI physical function; retrieving by an ECI device configuration manager, upon a subsequent startup of the computing system, the ECI physical function configuration from the vital product data; and configuring, by an ECI device configuration manager, a physical function of the ECI device to carry out the type of ECI physical function described in the ECI physical function configuration.