EP 1311944 A2 20030521 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST ON SITE DEPLOYMENT OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IN A NETWORK COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT
Title (en)
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST ON SITE DEPLOYMENT OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IN A NETWORK COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SCHNELLEN STELLENEINSETZUNG VON RECHNERGERÄTEN IN EINER NETZWERKRECHNERUMGEBUNG
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET SYSTEME RELATIFS A UN DEPLOIEMENT SUR SITE D'UN EQUIPEMENT INFORMATIQUE DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT INFORMATIQUE EN RESEAU
Publication
Application
Priority
- IB 0100648 W 20010330
- US 53998900 A 20000330
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0173543A2] In a network computer system including computer units connected through a network, a method for rapid installation of a unit includes the following steps: a) at a unit manufacturing stage: preparing at least one master disk image containing a plurality of computer programs and associated parameters; assigning to each master disk image a unique software code value representative of a software configuration corresponding to the contents of said master disk image; during the manufacture of each unit, loading into a mass memory thereof the contents of a selected master disk image and providing on said unit readable information representative of the software code value assigned to said selected master disk image; b) when a unit is to be installed on the network: determining a software code value identifying the software configuration to be used in said computer unit; by using said readable information, selecting from a set of units one having said software code value; connecting said selected unit to the network, and performing a soft installation of said unit involving communication between said unit and a remote configuration server of the network and providing to the unit data for finely tuning the contents of the mass memory of the unit.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06F 9/445 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06F 8/63 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0173543A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IE IT NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0173543 A2 20011004; WO 0173543 A3 20030313; AU 4868001 A 20011008; EP 1311944 A2 20030521; TW 498276 B 20020811
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 0100648 W 20010330; AU 4868001 A 20010330; EP 01921712 A 20010330; TW 90107581 A 20010330