Patent ID: 6745251
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprising:a plurality of slots at which a package is inserted; a communication path settled such that configuration data is established to the package inserted at one of said plurality of slots; and a data processor configured to establish said configuration data to the package, wherein said data processor manages both a physical mounting state comprising a condition in which the package is physically inserted at said slot and a logical mounting state comprising a condition in which the configuration data to be established to said package inserted at said slot is stored in a data storage section, the configuration data being different from default configuration data, the configuration data being based on said physical mounting state and said logical mounting state, wherein said data processor, when said package to which said configuration data is established from an external system is removed, stores the configuration data in an internal storage, such that in case the package of a same type is installed again, the path to the package is reestablished using the configuration data stored in the internal storage.