Patent ID: 7062545

Claim:
A method of dial platform configuration management for a dial platform coupling a dial-up Public Switched Telephone network and an Internet Protocol network, in which said dial platform comprises multiple chassis, each of said multiple chassis having a plurality of slots containing a plurality of cards, said plurality of cards having at least one modem thereon, comprising the steps of: selecting an action including downloading code to at least one of said multiple chassis, configuring said at least one of said multiple chassis, and downloading and configuring said at least one of said multiple chassis; choosing a site at which said at least one chassis is located; selecting at least one chassis at said site; placing said at least one chassis at said site in a queue for subsequent execution of said selected action; executing said selected action; determining a priority for said selected action, wherein: said priority is determined by how many chassis are selected; and if more than five chassis are selected the selected action is given an average priority.