1. A computer server system, comprising: a plurality of server cells; a central service processor networked to the cells; firmware resident on the central service processor and configured to receive partitioning requests, formulate partitioning instructions based on the requests and transmit the instructions to the server cells; and firmware resident on the server cells and configured to create at least one soft partition based on the partitioning instructions and assign partitionable hardware resources of the server cells to the at least one soft partition; wherein each soft partition is configured to host an operating system without modification of the operating system.