公开(公告)号：US20170124019A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15409475

申请日：2017-01-18

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Giovanni Coglitore ,  Amir Meir Michael ,  Matt Corddry

IPC: G06F13/42 ,  G06F1/32

CPC classification number: G06F13/4282 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/3296 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F2213/0026

Abstract: In a data center, components of a server are located on a different circuit board than the processor. For example, components such as a network interface controller, storage devices, power supply, and memory are located on one or more circuit boards different than the circuit board on which the processor is located. Having server components on different circuit boards allows the components to be updated on different schedules, reducing resource consumption caused from tying component updates to processor updates. Locating server components on separate server boards also allows virtualization of server components included in a server rack.