Patent ID: 7031263
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a system having a bus and a system controller connected to the bus, said bus having a plurality of fixed ports, each of said ports capable of connecting a router card to the system controller, a method of sending a file from the system controller to a router card connected at a fixed port, said fixed port having a port address, the method comprising: receiving a request packet at the system controller from the router card, said request packet including a file type and the port address; examining the file type and port address from said request packet to determine the file at the system controller to retrieve, said request packet not containing a media access control (MAC) address for the router card and not including information regarding a file name for the file; retrieving the file; transmitting a size and name of the file from the system controller to the router card; and sending one or more data packets comprising the file from the system controller to the router card.