25-04-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130103975A1
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for switching an NC link, a processor system, and a node, where the processor system includes more than two nodes capable of communicating with each other, each node includes a node controller NC chip, a host bus adapter HBA apparatus, and at least one CPU, the NC chip is connected to each CPU in a node where the NC chip is located, and the HBA apparatus is connected to each CPU in a node where the HBA apparatus is located; an NC link borne by the NC chip is corresponding to an HBA link borne by the HBA apparatus. By using an HBA apparatus to deploy a redundant link, the cost of deploying the redundant link is reduced effectively under a premise of ensuring the reliability of the processor system. 1. A method for switching a node controller link in a processor system having more than two nodes , the method comprising:the more than two nodes in the processing system communicating with each other via a corresponding pair of node controller (NC) link and a host bus adapter (HBA) link in each node, wherein each node comprises a single node controller (NC) chip, a single host bus adapter (HBA) apparatus, and one or more CPU, wherein the single NC chip and the single HBA apparatus are both connected to each of the one or more CPU in a node where the single NC chip and the single HBA apparatus are both located, wherein the NC link is borne by the single NC chip and the corresponding HBA link is borne by the single HBA apparatus in the node ;detecting for failure occurrence in the single NC chip of the node; andin case if a failure occurrence has been detected in the single NC chip, switching a service on the NC link to the corresponding HBA link.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communicating by the corresponding pair of NC link and the HBA link in each node comprising: presetting a first routing table and a second routing table in each node claim 1 , wherein the first routing table is a routing table of ...
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