DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED MAC ADDRESSES FOR DEVICES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM
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1. A method for dynamically assigning Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to devices of a computing system, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of devices of the computing system, determining particular information regarding that device during a boot process for that device; and
for each of the plurality of devices, dynamically generating a MAC address that indicates the determined particular information regarding that device.
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Abstract
A method for assigning Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to devices of a computing system includes: for each of a plurality of devices of the computing system, determining particular information regarding that device during a boot process for that device, and dynamically generating a MAC address for each device that indicates the determined particular information regarding that device. The particular information regarding each device may include, for example, information regarding the location of the device in the system (e.g., slot information), device type information, device number information, etc.
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1. A method for dynamically assigning Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to devices of a computing system, comprising:
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for each of a plurality of devices of the computing system, determining particular information regarding that device during a boot process for that device; and for each of the plurality of devices, dynamically generating a MAC address that indicates the determined particular information regarding that device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system, comprising:
a card comprising; a plurality of devices; a control processor; and an internal communications network provided on the card, the internal communications network connecting the plurality of devices and the control processor with each other; wherein the control processor has connectively to an external network, and is assigned a globally unique MAC address; and a MAC address generation system programmed to dynamically generate a MAC address for each of the plurality of devices by; determining particular information regarding the device during a boot process for that device; and dynamically generating a MAC address that indicates the determined particular information regarding the device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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