Systems and methods for booting devices using assigned servers in a multiple-card computing system
US8959325B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for booting devices in a multi-card computing system comprising a plurality of cards connected to a shared backplane may include: dynamically generating a Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for at least some of the devices in the computing system, the dynamically generated MAC address for each device including information regarding the location of that device within the multi-card computing system; a boot management system receiving a boot-related information request from a particular device in the multi-card system, the boot-related information request comprising a request for particular boot-related information for facilitating a boot process for the requesting device, and including the MAC address of the requesting device; and the boot management system determining whether to send a response to the requesting device with the requested boot-related information based at least on the information in the MAC address regarding the location of the requesting device within the multi-card computing system.
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