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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Stephan Benny, San Jose, CA (US);
Amitabha Biswas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sisir Chowdhury, Fremont, CA (US);
Jayakrishna Kidambi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryan D. Moats, Omaha, NE (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data handling network includes a management system and a plurality of devices in communication with the management system. Each device may operate under various configurations. The management system includes a configuration version table that includes a device identifier and an intended configuration version number. A configuration manager within a device queries the management system with a query that includes a device identifier and a current device operating configuration version number. The management system may interrogate the configuration version table to determine if the current device operating configuration version number is similar to the intended configuration version number.