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Method and apparatus for aiding configurating management of a computer system

US5995729A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 1998
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In response to a variety of commands entered via a terminal unit, a configuration-management aiding apparatus directly connected to a computer system carries out various kinds of work such as laying-out of pieces of equipment, inspection of the layout of the pieces of equipment for an overlap, inspection of amounts of dissipated heat, inspection of amounts of consumed electrical power, inspection of connection of cables, creation of a cabling work specification manual, creation of a logical-configuration drawing and creation of configuration defining parameters. The configuration defining parameters are transferred to a file in the computer system. The terminal unit of the configuration-management aiding apparatus also functions as a console of the computer system.

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