Patent ID: 7024494
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data, comprising: receiving at a main peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card of a plurality of PCI cards a first media access control (MAC) address of a first PCI card of the plurality of PCI cards stackably coupled to the main PCI card through a PCI bus of the main PCI card; determining whether the first peripheral card has been previously used with the main PCI card based on the received first MAC address; assigning a first previous ID value to the first peripheral card if the first peripheral card has been previously used with the main PCI card; assigning a first new ID value to the first peripheral card if the first peripheral card has not been previously used with the main PCI card; and storing the first new ID value with the received first MAC address in memory of the main PCI card; and upon powering up the plurality of PCI cards, determining which of the plurality of PCI cards comprises the main PCI card.