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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.01336/DELNP/2004 A<br />

(19) INDIA<br />

(22) Date <strong>of</strong> filing <strong>of</strong> Application :18/05/2004 (43) Publication Date : 16/03/2007<br />

(54) Title <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> invention : METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENUMERATION OF A MULTI-NODE COMPUTER SYSTEM<br />

(51) International classification :H04L<br />

(71)Name <strong>of</strong> Applicant :<br />

(31) Priority Document No :09/992,725 1)INTEL CORPORATION<br />

(32) Priority Date :14/11/2001 Address <strong>of</strong> Applicant :2200 MISSION COLLEGE BOULEVARD,<br />

(33) Name <strong>of</strong> priority country :U.S.A. SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95052, USA. U.S.A.<br />

(86) International Application No<br />

:PCT/US02/35946 (72)Name <strong>of</strong> Inventor :<br />

Filing Date<br />

:08/11/2002 1)LING CEN<br />

(87) International Publication No :WO 03/042829<br />

(61) Patent <strong>of</strong> Addition to Application Number<br />

:NA<br />

Filing Date<br />

:NA<br />

(62) Divisional to to Application Number<br />

:NA<br />

Filing Date<br />

:NA<br />

No <strong>of</strong> Pages : 20 No <strong>of</strong> Claims : 30<br />

(57) Abstract :<br />

A method and apparatus for enumeration <strong>of</strong> a multi-node computer system. A local bootstrap processor is selected using a local boot flag register from a<br />

group <strong>of</strong> local node processors. The local bootstrap processor is responsible for enumerating <strong>the</strong> local node elements. A global bootstrap processor is selected<br />

using a global boot flag register to be responsible for enumerating <strong>the</strong> components <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system. A server management device monitors enumaration<br />

progress.<br />

The Patent Office Journal 16/03/2007 5652

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