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Configuration management system for hot adding and hot replacing devices

  • US 6,243,773 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1997
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A configuration management system for operation in a computer system to facilitate hot swapping a device with a replacement device on a bus within the computer system, the configuration management system comprising:

  • a computer;

    memory means for storing configuration information of a bus and of devices located on the bus including the vendor identification and the device identification of each device on the bus;

    means operating in said computer for creating a memory structure having configuration information of a bus within the computer system and of devices located on the bus;

    means operating in said computer for receiving input from a user identifying a device on the bus to be hot swapped;

    means for querying the replacement device to obtain the vendor identification and the device identification of the replacement device;

    means for providing configuration information previously utilized by the device, based upon the configuration information stored in the memory means, to the replacement device on the bus.

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