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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/203 (2013.01); G06F 11/006 (2013.01); G06F 11/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing downtime in a node environment is disclosed. The method includes identifying an originating system board of a plurality of system boards that requires service where the originating system board includes a node operating on a processor. The method further includes identifying a target system board of the plurality of system boards where the target system board includes a target processor. The method further includes transferring operation of the node to the target processor before the originating system board is serviced, and operating the node on the target processor.