Patent ID: 9575915
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A data migration method of a control board in a communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a first control board slot and a second control board slot, wherein the first control board slot holds a first control board, the method comprising: after a second control board is inserted into the second control board slot, receiving, by the first control board, type information from the second control board, and determining whether the type information of the second control board and type information of the first control board are the same; and when determining that the type information of the second control board and the type information of the first control board are different, sending, by the first control board, configuration data stored by the first control board to the second control board; converting, by the second control board, the configuration data, wherein the converted configuration data matches with the type information of the second control board; indicating, with an indicator light, that data conversion is completed; and utilizing, by the second control board, the configuration data to perform a configuration.