Patent ID: 8713139
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically reconfiguring a computer network in response to an operating system image migration from a first hardware platform to a second hardware platform, the method implemented on a suitably programmed device, comprising: detecting a boot up command and in response: reading, by the fix up utility, the new network configuration information and old network configuration information corresponding to the first hardware platform; determining, by the fix up utility, if any of the new network configuration information corresponds to a new network interface controller and if any of the old network information corresponds to a non-assigned network interface controller; and if any of the old network configuration information corresponds to a non-assigned network interface controller, reassigning network interface controller identifiers from the old network configuration information to the new network interface controller; wherein the reassigning is contingent on the migration occurring between a virtual machine to a physical machine, or occurring between a virtual machine to a virtual machine.