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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alexander P. Campbell, Ottawa, CA;
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a remote distributed fabric protocol (DFP) system master, using a dedicated processor of a DFP system member, to register local IC devices on the DFP system member, and sending an acknowledgement including a list of local IC bus devices back to the DFP system master using the dedicated processor of the DFP system member. The acknowledgement present on the DFP system member. In another embodiment, a system includes a local processor, one or more local IC bus devices, and a dedicated processor electrically coupled to the local IC bus devices. The dedicated processor is configured to route interrupts from the local IC bus devices to the local processor, and expose the local IC devices to a remote DFP system master by sending details of the local IC bus devices to the remote DFP system master.