Managing method for determining master-slave relationship in information processor system
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKazuhide Ashida
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Abstract
A managing method is provided for an information processor system consisting of a plurality of information processors. In the system, each of the information processors has identification information containing a parameter for determining a master-slave relationship among the information processors and an algorithm for determining the master-slave relationship. When the information processors communicate with each other, an information processor exchanges its own identification information with the identification information of the other information processor and further makes a response of information processing on the basis of the identification information brought from the other information processor.
Claims7
A managing method for an information processor system including a plurality of information processors, comprising:
- providing each of the plurality of information processors with identification information and an algorithm for determining a master-slave relationship among the plurality of information processors;
- controlling two of the plurality of information processors to exchange their identification information when the two information processors communicate with each other;
- determining a first master-slave relationship between the two information processors based on the algorithm using the exchanged identification information;
- grouping the two information processors into a group;
- determining a second master-slave relationship between the master information processor and a second information processor that does not belong to the group, based on the algorithm and their identification information, respectively, when the master information processor of the group communicates with the second information processor, wherein
- the identification information includes a first parameter for identifying each of the plurality of information processors when the plurality of information processors communicate with each other, a second parameter representing a rank of each of the plurality of information processors, an information representing the presence/absence of the master information processor, an identification information of the master information processor, an information representing the presence/absence of a slave information processor, and an identification information of the slave information processor.
An information processor system comprising:
- a plurality of information processors connected with each other through a transmission line, each of said information processors including
- a memory configured to store identification information and an algorithm for determining a master-slave relationship among the plurality of information processors to group said information processors into a plurality of groups,
- an interface through which the information processor communicates with a second information processor of said information processors to exchange identification information with the second information processor, and
- a circuit configured to determine the master-slave relationship in a group with the second information processor based on the algorithm using the exchanged identification information, wherein
- the identification information includes a first parameter for identifying each of the plurality of information processors when the plurality of information processors communicate with each other, a second parameter representing a rank of each of the plurality of information processors, an information representing the presence/absence of a master information processor, an identification information of the master information processor, an information representing the presence/absence of a slave information processor, and an identification information of the slave information processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.