Method and system for communication in a heterogeneous network
US6496863B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a system having a diverse hardware platform monitored and managed from a central control node in a distributed, parallel, heterogeneous computing environment. The central control node executes both a hardware monitor program and an intermediary program to monitor and manage diverse hardware in a distributed, parallel, heterogeneous computing environment. The intermediary program emulates network frame hardware by facilitating communication between the hardware monitor program and diverse node hardware. Another exemplazy embodiment of the present invention is a method for facilitating communication between a hardware monitor for monitoring and management of node hardware and for providing an interface for administrator interaction with the node hardware and diverse node hardware in a distributed, parallel, heterogeneous computing environment. The intermediary program receives requests from the hardware monitor for the diversenode hardware and sends responses to the hardware monitor from the diverse node hardware. The intermediary program decodes and encodes these responses and requests, respectively, using hardware monitor protocol…
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