Data management method for adding or exchanging components on a

Details Data management method for adding or exchanging components on a Data management method for adding or exchanging components on a

1997-10-01

2000-05-02

Sheikh, Ayaz R.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Intrasystem connection

Bus access regulation

710102, 710 10, 710 16, 709223, 709227, G06F 1300

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active

060584459

ABSTRACT:
A data management method supports hot plug operations on a computer by defining, organizing, and maintaining hot plug variables which identify components of a computer that may be involved in hot plug operations, and which also identify capabilities and operational states of those components as well as control their operation and interface to the computer. The hot plug variables identify a component as well as represent states and capabilities of a component, and thus the hot plug variables advantageously operate as commands to predetermined components. The method generally selects a plurality of variables to support adding a component to or exchanging components of a computer while the computer runs, and collects in a computer readable medium, hot plug variable data representing capabilities, characteristics or states of components of the computer, the hot plug variable data is related to the plurality of variables. The method supports generating, with management software running on a client computer, requests such as a suspend device driver request, a power off request, a power on request, and a resume device driver request, and sending the requests over a network to agent software running on a server computer, the agent software responsively recognizing the respective requests to suspend a device driver running on the server computer, to stop power to a component of the server computer, to start power to the server computer, and to resume the device driver.

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