Patent ID: 6263387
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for automatically configuring an operating computer system, comprising:a bus system having a plurality of bus slots;hot plug hardware for enabling and disabling the supply of power to selected ones of the bus slots;a detection module which automatically detects a PCI device in response to the PCI device being connected to a selected one of the bus slots that has a disabled power supply, and wherein the hot plug hardware enables the supply of power to the hot added PCI device in response to the detection of the hot added PCI device by the detection module;a first configuration module which automatically configures the PCI device;an identification module which automatically identifies a device type for the PCI device;a location module which automatically determines the location where the PCI device has been hot added;a driver module which automatically loads a driver corresponding to the PCI device; anda second configuration module which automatically modifies a configuration file so as to integrate the PCI device into the system, wherein the second configuration module comprises a LAN module which determines whether the hot added device is local area network (LAN) device, wherein, if it is determined that the hot added device is not a LAN device, the LAN module modifies a first configuration file, and if it is determined that the hot added device is a LAN device, the LAN module modifies a second configuration file.