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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
John A. Scott, Cary, NC (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning a network address of a target server/host system in a network system having server/host systems interconnected by network links. The apparatus includes a first part residing in a management server/host system and a second part residing in the target server/host system and each part includes a plurality of network address sub-mechanisms and an address manager mechanism for controlling operation of the network address mechanisms. The network address mechanism include, for example, a setup wizard mechanism, a reverse address resolution protocol mechanism, a unit-cast address discovery mechanism and a dynamic host configuration protocol mechanism. The address manager mechanism directs the operation of the network address sub-mechanisms through three modes of operation designated as the address discovery mode, the address verification mode and the operation mode, using each network address sub-mechanism cooperatively and in its own mode of operation, and in certain instances concurrently, to obtain a network address, a subnetwork mask and a gateway address for the target server/host system.