Patent ID: 6360276
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for assigning a network address to a target server/host system in a networked system including a management server/host system and a plurality of server/host systems interconnected through a network, comprising the steps of:(A) attempting to assign a network address to the target server/host through a dynamic host configuration protocol mechanism operating in the management server/host system and the target server/host system, and upon a failure to assign a network address by operation of the dynamic host configuration protocol mechanism, (B) concurrently executing a plurality of network address sub-mechanism protocols for determining a network address for the target server/host system, and (C) assigning as the network address of the target server/host system a network address provided by a first one of the plurality of network address sub-mechanism protocols to provide a network address.