Creating description files used to configure components in a distributed system
View Patent ↗The present invention provides for creating description files used to configure components in a distributed system. A computer or program developer accesses an application type. The computer or program developer accesses a hardware specification. The computer or program developer identifies relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type. The computer or program developer generates a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
1. A method for creating description files used to configure components in a distributed system, the method comprising the acts of:
accessing an application type;
accessing a hardware specification;
identifying relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type; and
generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an application type comprises an act of accessing an application type representing a port personality.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an application type comprises an act of a computer system accessing an application type.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an application type comprises an act of a program developer accessing an application type.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an hardware specification comprises an act of accessing a hardware specification for a blade that can implement network diagnostic functions.
6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an hardware specification comprises an act of a computer system accessing a hardware specification for a blade that can implement network diagnostic functions.
7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of accessing an hardware specification comprises an act of a program developer accessing a hardware specification for a blade that can implement network diagnostic functions.
8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of identifying relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type comprises an act of a computer system parsing the hardware specification.
9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of identifying relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type comprises an act of a program developer transliterating the hardware specification.
10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of identifying relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type comprises an act of a identifying registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function.
11. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the act of identifying registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function comprises an act of identifying registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function wherein the network diagnostic function is selected from among a Bit Error Rate Test, a generator, a jammer, and a analyzer.
12. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprises an act of a computer system generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
13. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprises an act of a program developer generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
14. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprises an act of generating a description file that identifies registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a port personality represented by the application type.
15. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprises an act of generating application to firmware XML instructions.
16. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the act of generating a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprises an act of generating firmware description XML instructions.
17. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
an act of sending the description file to a firmware register description module that can use the description file to appropriately interpret application instructions for configuring a distributed component.
18. A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product implementing a method for creating description files used to configure components in a distributed system, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to perform the following:
access an application type;
access a hardware specification;
identify relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type; and
generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
19. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to access an application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to access an application type representing a port personality.
20. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to access a hardware specification comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to access a hardware specification for a blade that can implement network diagnostic functions.
21. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to identify relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to parse the hardware specification.
22. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to identify relevant registers from the hardware specification that are to be manipulated to implement the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to identify registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function.
23. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to identify registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to identify registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a network diagnostic function wherein the network diagnostic function is selected from among a Bit Error Rate Test, a generator, a jammer, and a analyzer.
24. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type.
25. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that identifies registers of a blade that are to be manipulated to implement a port personality represented by the application type.
26. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate application to firmware XML instructions.
27. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , wherein computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate a description file that corresponds the relevant registers to the application type comprise computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to generate firmware description XML instructions.
28. The computer program product as recited in claim 18 , further comprising:
computer-executable-instructions that when executed cause the computer system to send the description file to a firmware register description module that can use the description file to appropriately interpret application instructions for configuring a distributed component.