Patent ID: 8762695

Claim:
A method for registering identification information of network interface cards (NICs) in an operating system of a computing device, each of the NICs being respectively and uniquely labeled with a number, the method comprising: allocating a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) device identification (ID) for each of the NICs according to the labeled number of each of the NICs using a basic input output system (BIOS) of the computing device when the BIOS is booted up, wherein the PCI device ID of each of the NICs comprises a bus number corresponding to the labeled number, a device number, and a function number, and the bus number of each of the NICs is unique; and registering identification information for each of the NICs in the operating system according to the PCI device ID of each of the NICs using a NIC driver of the computing device, when the NIC driver is loaded by the operating system during the booting up process of the operating system.