Patent ID: 7536449
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a network server having a set of built-in server-functionality roles available for configuration or management, a method comprising the following acts performed locally by the network server: discovering what, if any, extension server-functionality roles of a set of extension roles are available on the network server by examining one or more registries stored in a computer storage, wherein the extension server-functionality roles are to be performed by the network server; loading dynamic link library files associated with the discovered extension server-functionality roles; producing a user-interface (UI) which is local to the network server and lists members of both the set of built-in server-functionality roles and the discovered extension server-functionality roles; in response to a user selection of one of the discovered extension server-functionality roles, signaling one or more program modules associated with the selected extension role to perform a procedure for configuration or management of the selected extension role.