Slot interface access unit, method thereof, and program thereof, as well as redundancy configuration of main unit, and replacing method of the same

1. A slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table which are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto,

wherein the input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information,

wherein the slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

2. The slot interface access unit according to claim 1 , further comprising means for adding a new virtual slot when a new slot interface is added, and adding correspondence between identification information on a slot control module corresponding to the added slot interface and identification information on the added virtual slot to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table.

3. The slot interface access unit according to claim 1 , wherein the slot interface(s) and the slot control module(s) are distributed between a plurality of main units.

4. A slot interface access method carried out in a slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto, the method comprising:

the input/output control module accessing the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information; and

the slot management module referring to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converting the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accessing a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

5. The slot interface access method according to claim 4 , further comprising adding a new virtual slot when a new slot interface is added, and adding correspondence between identification information on a slot control module corresponding to the added slot interface and identification information on the added virtual slot to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table.

6. The slot interface access method according to claim 4 , wherein the slot interface(s) and the slot control module(s) are distributed between a plurality of main units.

7. A slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table which are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto,

wherein the input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information,

the slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface,

wherein the slot interface access unit has a CPU power higher than that of other units having a slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

8. The slot interface access unit according to claim 7 , wherein the unit does not have the slot interface.

9. A group of slot interface access units, comprising:

a slot interface access unit according to claim 7 ; and

a slot interface access unit for serving as an alternative to the slot interface access unit when the relevant slot interface access unit ceases to function properly, having a CPU power higher than that of the other unit(s).

10. An accessing method of a slot interface carried out in a slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto, the method comprising:

the input/output control module accessing the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information;

the slot management module referring to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converting the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accessing a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface; and

the slot interface access unit having a CPU power higher than that of other units having a slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

11. The accessing method of a slot interface according to claim 10 , wherein a unit that performs the method does not have the slot interface.

12. An accessing method of a slot interface, wherein, when the unit that performs an accessing method of a slot interface according to claim 10 ceases to function properly, a unit having a CPU power higher than that of the other units performs the method as an alternative.

13. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded, said program comprising codes which, when executed, cause a computer to function as a slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table which are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto,

wherein the input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information,

wherein the slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

14. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the slot interface access unit further comprises:

means for adding a new virtual slot when a new slot interface is added, and adding correspondence between identification information on a slot control module corresponding to the added slot interface and identification information on the added virtual slot to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table.

15. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the slot interface(s) and the slot control module(s) are distributed between a plurality of main units.

16. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a program is recorded, said program comprising codes which, when executed, cause a computer to function as a slot interface access unit comprising a slot management module, a slot control module, and a physical slot/managed slot comparison table which are provided between an input/output control module and a slot interface subordinate thereto,

wherein the input/output control module accesses the slot interface by using virtual slot identification information,

wherein the slot management module refers to the physical slot/managed slot comparison table, converts the virtual slot identification information into physical slot identification information, and accesses a slot control module corresponding to the physical slot identification information obtained by the conversion, thereby realizing a physical access of the input/output control module to the slot interface,

wherein the slot interface access unit has a CPU power higher than that of other units having a slot interface,

wherein the slot interface is architecturally lower than the input/output control module, and

wherein the input/output control module is in a layer below an application layer of the slot interface access unit.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the slot interface access unit does not have the slot interface.