Granted Patent B2

US 7,296,182 · App. 11/546,014 · Granted Nov 13, 2007

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A method of providing processing resources to respond to a fail-over condition in which a primary site includes a configuration of processing resources, comprising:

generating a specification that describes a configuration of processing resources of the primary site;

providing the specification to a fail-over site having a configurable processing platform capable of deploying processing area networks in response to software commands;

using the specification to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing resources corresponding to the specification,

wherein the processing resources at the primary site include a plurality of independent processing area networks and wherein the specification describes only a subset of the plurality of independent processing area networks, wherein at least one other site includes processing resources and

wherein a specification is generated to describe the configuration of processing resources at the at least one other site; and

wherein the specification of the configuration of processing resources at the at least one other site is provided to the fail-over site; and

wherein at least one of the specifications is used to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing area network corresponding to the one specification.

2. A method of providing processing resources to respond to a fail-over condition in which a primary site includes a configuration of processing resources, comprising:

generating a specification that describes a configuration of processing resources of the primary site;

providing the specification to a fail-over site having a configurable processing platform capable of deploying processing area networks in response to software commands;

using the specification to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing resources corresponding to the specification, wherein the act of generating includes specifying at least (a) one or more devices that are constituents of the primary site, and (b) how the devices are connected to each other.

3. A method of providing processing resources to respond to a fail-over condition in which a primary site includes a configuration of processing resources, comprising:

generating a specification that describes a configuration of processing resources of the primary site said configuration including a network topology of a processing area network with defined connectivity;

providing the specification to a fail-over site having a configurable processing platform capable of deploying processing area networks in response to software commands;

using the specification to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing resources corresponding to the specification including deploying a processing area network with specified topology and defined connectivity.

4. A system of providing processing resources to respond to a fail-over condition in which a primary site includes a configuration of processing resources, comprising:

a computer-readable specification that describes a configuration of processing resources of the primary site said configuration including a network topology of a processing area network with defined connectivity;

a configurable processing platform capable of deploying processing area networks in response to software commands;

logic to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing resources corresponding to the specification including deploying a processing area network with specified topology and defined connectivity.

5. A method of providing processing resources to respond to a fail-over condition in which a primary site includes a configuration of processing resources, comprising:

generating a specification that describes a configuration of processing resources of the primary site;

providing the specification to a fail-over site having a configurable processing platform capable of deploying processing area networks in response to software commands;

using the specification to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing resources corresponding to the specification;

wherein the processing resources at the primary site include a plurality of independent processing area networks and wherein the specification describes all of the independent processing area networks, wherein at least one other site includes processing resources and

wherein a specification is generated to describe the configuration of processing resources at the at least one other site; and

wherein the specification of the configuration of processing resources at the at least one other site is provided to the fail-over site; and

wherein at least one of the specifications is used to generate software commands to the configurable platform to deploy processing area network corresponding to the one specification.

Assignments (6)