Patent · US Expired

Extension of the BOOTP protocol towards automatic reconfiguration

US7039682B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

36Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Friedemann Baitinger · Nagold, DE
Kurt Heinrich Naegele · Weilheim, DE
Karlo Petri · Eppelheim, DE
Frank Scholz · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2001
Grant date	May 2, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/329
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing reconfiguration of network elements after a failure of such an element. A method for managing network configuration data, i.e., usable for automatic reconfiguration of server computers (16A,16B), is disclosed in which location and current status information about a client or controller computer (14A . . . 14C) is sent out such that a respective server type computer (16A,16B) may receive it and automatically reconfigure itself after temporary disruption.

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