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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1996
Robert Beauchamp, Milford, MA (US);
Brian Martin, Worcester, MA (US);
Brian Milas, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Brian Gruttadauria, Grafton, MA (US);
Michael Tehranian, Boxboro, MA (US);
Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A support facility for installation of interprocessor unit cabling interconnecting the processor units of a multiple processor unit system in a first network, including a second system for directing the cabling interconnections of the first system and, in each processor unit of the first system, a device access controller connected through a second network to a second system, each device access controller including a memory for storing a unique identifier, and a network controller to interconnect to a network controller of at least one other processor unit. There is a selectably settable anchor bit indicator to indicate a processor unit selected as a first processor unit of the first network, a next connection indicator connected from the device access controller, and connected from the network controller, a transmit test indicator connected from the device access controller and a receive indicator connected from the device access controller. The second system identifies the units of the first system and directs a user through the cable interconnections of the first network.