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US 7,734,742 B2Granted
Network-attached storage device configuration
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid H. Hanes, Charles M. McJilton
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Abstract
A system comprises a computer configured using a configuration setting and a network-attached storage (NAS) device coupled to the computer via a network. The NAS device receives the configuration setting from the computer via the network and configures the NAS device using the configuration setting.
Claims16
A system, comprising:
- a computer configured according to a first configuration setting;
- and
- a network-attached storage (NAS) device coupled to said computer via a network, wherein without user involvement said NAS device receives said first configuration setting from said computer via said network and configures the NAS device according to said first configuration setting;
- wherein in addition to the first configuration setting said computer also prompts a user for a second configuration setting and provides said second configuration setting to said NAS device which configures itself according to said second configuration setting.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting, without user involvement, a configuration setting implemented on a computer, said selected configuration setting applicable to a network-attached storage (NAS) device;
- transmitting, without user involvement, said selected configuration setting to said NAS device via a network;
- prompting a user for an additional configuration setting;
- receiving said additional configuration setting from said user;
- and
- transmitting said additional configuration setting to said NAS.
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A computer-readable medium (CRM) comprising software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- select, without user involvement, a configuration setting implemented on a computer, said selected configuration setting applicable to a network-attached storage (NAS) device;
- transmit, without user involvement, said selected configuration setting to said NAS device via a network;
- prompt a user for an additional configuration setting;
- receive said additional configuration setting from said user;
- and
- transmit said additional configuration setting to said NAS.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.