Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for network image propagation without a predefined network
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Application No.: US12604369Application Date: 2009-10-22
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Publication No.: US08495623B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Ricardo S. Puig , Liang J. Jiang
- Applicant: Ricardo S. Puig , Liang J. Jiang
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Brevetto Law Group
- Main IPC: G06F9/45
- IPC: G06F9/45

Abstract:
A system and method for network image propagation without a predefined network advantageously allows customers to automatically perform several system BOS installation or mksysb restoration over a virtual network with no predefined network and minimal installer configuration overhead. A method for network image propagation comprises: identifying a plurality of logical partitions residing in the logically partitioned terminal; configuring a temporary virtual network to connect said plurality of logical partitions to each other, wherein each one of the logical partitions is assigned at least one of a virtual Internet Protocol (IP) address and a virtual Media Access Control (MAC) address; installing an application image on at least one of the logical partitions via the temporary virtual network; deconfiguring the temporary virtual network; and assigning at least one of a physical IP address and a physical MAC address to said at least one logical partition on which the application has been installed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100042825A1 System and Method for Network Image Propagation without a Predefined Network Public/Granted day:2010-02-18
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