A system and method for fault containment and error handling within a domain in a partitioned computer system includes a system manager having read and write access to a resource definition table. The system manager is adapted to quiesce the system when failure occurs within a domain, identify an allocated resource associated with the failed domain, identify a non-failed domain, and exit the quiesce mode for the non-failed domain, thereby containing a failure within the failed domain. The system manager further handles an error within the failed domain by deallocating a resource allocated to the failed domain so that the resource becomes available to non-failed domains.

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›1.independentA partitioned computer system for containing and handling a packet processing failure in a failed domain, comprising:na resource definition table for …+6

›8.independentIn a computer system partitioned into at least two domains, each domain having a plurality of computer nodes, a method for containing and handling a p…+4

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F11/00
G06F15/00
G06F15/173

USPC · US Patent Classification

709/226714/25714/10712/13

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29 Jun 2001

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60301969 00	29 Jun 2001
related publication	US 20020186711 A1	12 Dec 2002

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