Patent ID: 7590108
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A composite computer apparatus comprising: a plurality of CPU module units, each of the plurality of CPU module units being mounted with at least one Ethernet interface controller and a processor; at least one Ethernet switch module unit which is provided with a plurality of internal ports and an external port, wherein each of the plurality of internal ports is connected to the at least one Ethernet interface controller of each of said plurality of CPU module units via Ethernet and wherein the external port is connected to an external network; and a management module unit which is connected to said plurality of CPU module units and said at least one Ethernet switch module unit and performs management of said plurality of CPU module units, wherein said management module unit has network configuration information showing a correspondence relationship between the at least one Ethernet interface controller of each of said plurality of CPU module units and a corresponding internal port of the plurality of internal ports, and of the at least one Ethernet switch module unit, wherein each of said plurality of CPU module units has a device driver which sets said at least one Ethernet interface controller on a corresponding CPU module unit, of said plurality of CPU module units, and a management agent unit performing setting of the device driver of said at least one Ethernet interface controller through communication with a management terminal, which is externally connected to said composite computer apparatus for performing management of said composite computer apparatus, wherein when network setting is performed to the at least one Ethernet interface controller of one of said plurality of CPU module units through the communication with said management terminal, said corresponding CPU module unit performs network setting of the at least one Ethernet interface controller of said corresponding CPU module unit to said management agent unit operating on said corresponding CPU module unit through the communication with said management terminal at a time of a setting of a corresponding internal port of the at least one Ethernet switch module unit connected to said at least one Ethernet interface controller, wherein said management agent unit performs setting to the device driver of the at least one Ethernet interface controller of said corresponding CPU module unit and creates network setting information required for the corresponding internal port of the at least one Ethernet switch module unit connected to the at least one Ethernet interface controller of said corresponding CPU module unit to notify the network setting information to said management module unit, and wherein said management module unit identifies one internal port of the plurality of internal ports, and of the at least one Ethernet switch module unit to be set from said network configuration information to perform network setting in accordance with said network setting information to the identified one of the plurality of internal ports, and of said at least one Ethernet switch module unit.