METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT MEDIA IN A POINT-TO-POINT TOPOGRAPHY

摘要

A method and an information handling system provide flexible interconnections between two endpoints and in particular to allow for the allocation and reallocation of PCI lanes. A flexible interconnect media system is capable of connecting a CPU to an I/O device. The flexible interconnect media system includes I/O slots that are each capable of receiving an I/O device, connection interfaces each correlated with an I/O slot, link taps with correlated ports for each CPU, and flexible interconnect media capable of connecting an open connection interface with an open link tap, whereby a connection between the CPU and the I/O device is completed.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a plurality of central processing units (CPUs), wherein each CPU has a plurality of designated ports for input/output (I/O) device interconnects; a flexible interconnect media system capable of connecting a CPU to an I/O device, the flexible interconnect media system comprising:
a plurality of I/O slots, each I/O slot capable of receiving an I/O device;a plurality of connection interfaces, each correlated to one I/O slot of the plurality of I/O slots and connected to the correlated I/O slot;a plurality of link taps, each assigned to one designated port of the plurality of designated ports and connected to the assigned designated port; andat least one flexible interconnect media capable of connecting an open connection interface with an open link tap whereby a connection between the CPU and the I/O device is completed; andwherein the completed connection between the CPU and the I/O device has a contiguous interconnection of the open link tap connected to the assigned designated port and the open connection interface connected to the correlated I/O slot to which the I/O device is connected.