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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
May. 17, 1994
James W Cleary, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Carolyn L Lay, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Mitchell E Medford, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Michael R Primm, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Frederick C Stanley, Massapequa, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An information handling network includes a plurality of information processing systems having a pretermit system configuration operating under the control of a corresponding number of operating systems where during a initial microcode load (IML) period prior to loading the operating systems a change in the system configuration is detected based on the predetermined system configuration. Upon detecting the change, a communication adaptor device is activated for communicating certain configuration information over the network before loading the operating system.