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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Dhananjay Godse, Kanata, CA;
Nortel Networks Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to permit a computer to boot from power up from its own memory units or from a network. The booting process is divided into the five stages of start-up, discovery, software download, software initialization and datafill. A boot ROM directs the stages in the booting process and the policy governing each of these five stages is laid out in a policy file. Each of the stages may be driven by the computer node's local memory unit, such as a local hard disk or non-volatile RAM), or from a software system downloader and configuration manager situated elsewhere in an ATM network where the computer node resides. A failure recovery procedure is also provided to allow the computer to revert to other means in case of failure during the booting process. The invention also provides a machine readable medium comprising a program element to implement the novel boot-up procedure.
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