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Updating software in multiple adapter cards

US10416987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerd Bayer · Stuttgart, DE
Volker Boenisch · Eppelheim, DE
David G. Chapman · Clinton Corners, US
Jakob C. Lang · Altdorf, DE
Angel Nunez Mencias · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2017
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for updating software in a computer system, comprising at least a central processor and multiple adapter cards, wherein the adapter cards are attached to a network, the method comprising (i) the central processor generating a distribution map based on configuration data of the network (100); (ii) the central processor sending the software update data and the distribution map to a receiving adapter card of the adapter cards; (iii) in response to receiving the software update data and the distribution map, the receiving adapter card applying the received software update data and creating at least one modified distribution map.

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