System and method for system information centralization
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1. A computer-implemented method of configuring components of a computer system, the method comprising:
- requesting a parameterized property from a system information module, wherein one of the components of the computer system is to request the parameterized property and the system information module is an informational proxy storing parameterized properties common to each of the components of the computer system, the system information module including an abstraction level of one or more name-value pairs of parameterized properties, a name of the one or more name-value pairs including one or more physical parameters or locations of one or more of the components of the computer system, a value of the one or more name-value pairs being system dependent and dynamically determined upon installation of the computer system;
evaluating at least a portion of the one or more name-value pairs at runtime of the computer system;
receiving the parameterized property from the system information module, wherein the one component is to receive the parameterized property, such that the computer system is to be configured independently of system resources; and
computing a setting using the received parameterized property to configure the one component.
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Abstract
A system and method for configuration using abstract configuration information is described. In an embodiment, an abstract configuration module acts like an informational proxy between components of a system. The configuration module provides a level of abstraction that allows for some properties to be abstracted instead of being hard coded into each node of the system.
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1. A computer-implemented method of configuring components of a computer system, the method comprising:
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requesting a parameterized property from a system information module, wherein one of the components of the computer system is to request the parameterized property and the system information module is an informational proxy storing parameterized properties common to each of the components of the computer system, the system information module including an abstraction level of one or more name-value pairs of parameterized properties, a name of the one or more name-value pairs including one or more physical parameters or locations of one or more of the components of the computer system, a value of the one or more name-value pairs being system dependent and dynamically determined upon installation of the computer system; evaluating at least a portion of the one or more name-value pairs at runtime of the computer system; receiving the parameterized property from the system information module, wherein the one component is to receive the parameterized property, such that the computer system is to be configured independently of system resources; and computing a setting using the received parameterized property to configure the one component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15)
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6. An article of manufacture including program code which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
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requesting a parameterized property from a system information module, wherein a first component requests the parameterized property and the system information module is an informational proxy storing parameterized properties common to each component in a computer system, the system information module including an abstraction level of one or more name-value pairs of parameterized properties, a name of the one or more name-value pairs including one or more physical parameters or locations of one or more of the components of the computer system, a value of the one or more name-value pairs being system dependent and dynamically determined upon installation of the computer system; evaluating at least a portion of the one or more name-value pairs at runtime of the computer system; receiving the parameterized property from the system information module, wherein the first component receives the parameterized property, such that the computer system is to be configured independently of system resources; and computing a setting using the received parameterized property to configure the first component. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory to store; a system information module to store parameterized system properties, the system information module including an abstraction level of one or more name-value pairs of parameterized properties, at least a portion of the one or more name-value pairs to be evaluated at runtime of the system, a name of the one or more name-value pairs including one or more physical parameters or locations of one or more of the components of the computer system, a value of the one or more name-value hairs being system dependent and dynamically determined upon installation of the computer system; and at least one configuration component to communicate with the system information module to receive the parameterized system properties, wherein the at least one configuration component is arranged to use the parameterized system properties to self-configure, wherein the at least one configuration component of the system is to be configured independently of system resources. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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