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Method and apparatus for preserving data in a high-availability system preserving device characteristic data

  • US 7,127,638 B1
  • Filed: 12/28/2002
  • Issued: 10/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for retrieving component characteristic data in a system having a plurality of coupled components, the method comprising the step of:

  • storing characteristic data for a subset of the plurality of coupled components in a storage device on a corresponding component;

    retrieving the characteristic data from the storage device at each of the components in the subset over a bus coupled to each of the components in the subset; and

    storing a portion of the retrieved characteristic data in a persistent media device to provide a last known good copy of the portion of the characteristic data for the system, wherein the retrieved characteristic data includes a world wide name seed.

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