| US 7,533,210 B2 | ||
| Virtual communication interfaces for a micro-controller | ||
| Ranen Chatterjee, Fremont, Calif. (US); and Srinivasa Babu Venkatachalam, Fremont, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 21, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/691,071. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/420849, filed on Oct. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0083356 A1, Apr. 29, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—315 [710/313] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A compact peripheral component interconnect (CPCI) system, comprising:
a chassis;
a circuit board forming a backplane within said chassis;
a node card coupled with said circuit board and having a central processing unit (CPU), said CPU running a plurality of applications
for managing and accessing devices on said CPCI system;
an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI);
an IPMI micro-controller coupled with said circuit board and in communication with said CPU via said IPMI;
wherein said IPMI micro-controller and said CPU comprise a plurality of virtual controllers; and wherein each of said plurality
of applications running on said CPU can independently access resources on said IPMI micro-controller via said plurality of
virtual controllers.
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