One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system and method for implementing a scalable link interface (SLI) approval policy using a database. The resource manager within a GPU driver incorporates a database, which may be used to determine whether the current computer system configuration is approved for running in SLI mode. The database of specific approved configurations may be embedded within the GPU driver or stored in a separate file, which may be modified by an authorized user. The database may be encrypted to prevent unauthorized users from modifying to the database contents. When a given computer system configuration is an approved configuration within the database, the system may be enabled to operate in SLI mode.