US 12,174,758 B2
Computer system having multiple nodes with flexible configurable architecture
Han-Chuan Tsai, Taoyuan (TW); Wei-Hung Lin, Taoyuan (TW); Yen-Ping Tung, Taoyuan (TW); and Sz-Chin Shih, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/156,251.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/386,969, filed on Dec. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0193104 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/0016 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3808 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configurable computer system architecture comprising:
a power distribution board including a configuration identification strapping;
an internal communication channel;
a first node including a first processor and a first baseboard management controller (BMC) coupled to the power distribution board via the internal communication channel; and
a second node identical to the first node, the second node including a second processor and a second BMC coupled to the power distribution board via the internal communication channel;
wherein the first and second BMCs are configurable for different configurations read from the configuration identification strapping, the different configurations including a first configuration with the first and second nodes operating as independent devices, where the first and second BMCs serve as master BMCs, or a second configuration with the first and second nodes operating as a single device, where the first BMC serves as a master BMC and the second BMC serves as a slave BMC, wherein firmware on each of the BMCs reads the configuration identification strapping of the power distribution board when each BMC is powered on, and wherein the BMC defined as the master BMC controls the power on of each of the nodes.