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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2004
James E. King, Wokingham, GB;
Karen Roles, Send, GB;
James E. King, Wokingham, GB;
Karen Roles, Send, GB;
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of assigning names to components of a networked computer system is provided. The networked computer system includes at least one modular computer system having at least one service processor module and a plurality of information processing modules removably received in a modular computer system housing. The method comprises: receiving at the service processor module a naming command message including a naming format from a management entity of the networked computer system. The method also comprises assigning at the service processor module a name to the service processor module and to the information processing modules received in the housing in accordance with the naming format; and transmitting a message from the service processor module to a domain name server of the networked computer system, the message including an IP address of each module and the name assigned to each respective module.