Method and apparatus for node hot-swapping

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9081912
APP PUB NO 20130138856A1
SERIAL NO

13683861

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The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for node hot-swapping, which simplify the node hot-adding procedure, and improve the operation efficiency of the hot-adding procedure. The present invention includes: obtaining, by a server from a baseboard management controller BMC of a node device to be added, static hardware information of the node device to be added, and storing it into a storage device of the server, where the static hardware information is obtained through an out-band channel by the BMC of the node device to be added; receiving, by the server, a node hot-adding command sent by a user, where the hot-adding command carries identifier information of the node device to be added; obtaining the static hardware information of the node device to be added corresponding to the identifier information from the storage device; and adding, according to the static hardware information, the node device to be added.

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  • HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Liao, Yixiang Hangzhou, CN 5 11
Wu, Dengben Hangzhou, CN 7 44
Zhang, Yu Shenzhen, CN 1633 7768

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