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Discovering diagnostic port functionality in a distributed system

  • US 7,535,851 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2004
  • Issued: 05/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a requesting computer system that is network connectable to one or more chassis, a method for discovering resource data representing the current configuration of the one or more chassis, the method comprising the acts of:

  • requesting network addresses for the one or more chassis that each include one or more network diagnostic modules that provide network testing functionality for a network, wherein the one or more chassis are located in different sub-nets;

    receiving one or more network addresses corresponding to the one or more chassis;

    requesting resource data from each of the one or more chassis using the corresponding network addresses;

    receiving resource data representing the configuration of the one or more chassis;

    presenting the received resource data at the requesting computer system on a user interface at the requesting computer system; and

    reconfiguring the network testing functionality based on the received resource data presented in the user interface.

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