公开(公告)号：US20040088463A1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-06

申请号：US10693583

申请日：2003-10-23

Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： Viswanath Krishnamurthy ,  Mir J. Hyder ,  Sunit Jain

IPC: G06F013/00

CPC classification number: H04L61/2015 ,  H04L29/12839 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04L69/40

Abstract: A system and method is provided for a computer network system to allow a device associated with a client-ID to be replaced without requiring the network system to reconfigure the client-ID information. The client-ID configuration information can be associated or tied to a slot or holder for a network device, rather than the network device itself. For example, the client-ID configuration information may be tied to an FRU holder, such as a Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) slot, and not the FRU itself. The client-ID configuration information is managed by a central resource. Accordingly, when the network device is replaced with a new device, the client-ID can be assigned from this central resource. The central resource may be a service processor or an alarm card. The service processor may access a storage device to retrieve the client-ID and transmit it to an FRU. Thus, when the FRU is replaced, this client-ID information is downloaded from the service processor by the new FRU. As a result, the need to reconfigure the client-ID information in the event a network device is replaced can be avoided.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于计算机网络系统的系统和方法，以允许与客户机ID相关联的设备被替换，而不需要网络系统重新配置客户端ID信息。 客户端ID配置信息可以关联或绑定到网络设备的插槽或保持器，而不是网络设备本身。 例如，客户端ID配置信息可以连接到FRU保持器，例如紧凑型外围组件互连（CPCI）插槽，而不是FRU本身。 客户端ID配置信息由中央资源管理。 因此，当网络设备被新设备替换时，可以从该中央资源分配客户端ID。 中央资源可以是服务处理器或报警卡。 服务处理器可以访问存储设备以检索客户端ID并将其发送到FRU。 因此，当更换FRU时，新的FRU从服务处理器下载该客户端ID信息。 结果，可以避免在网络设备被替换的情况下重新配置客户端ID信息的需要。