Automatic reconfiguration system for change in management servers having protocol destination addresses
US6353854B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client on a network is provided with auxiliary low power logic, at the network adoptor, that is always active and simulates network traffic (e.g., Ethernet format) normally sent under control of the main client system processor(s). This logic collects client status information and reports to the network manager, even when the system CPU is powered down, information which allows the network manager to exercise broader control and perform maintenance and upgrades which would otherwise require a dialog with the user and/or limit maintenance and reconfiguration of the client system to off-hours activity.
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