JPS63128465A - High-speed activation system for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve efficiency of a data communication system by providing the same action numbers to plural information processors and applying the activation processes to all information processors corresponding to the relevant action numbers when the action instructions are inputted in response to those action numbers. CONSTITUTION:When an activation instruction is inputted to an information processor 100, the information processors 151, 161 and 171 are activated all at once. When the mutual communication is desired among those information processors, an activation number 'AN' is added to each defining sentence of processors 151-171 when the environment of a communication system is previously defined. Thee numbers 'AN' are registered into an environment defining file 190. When the action instructions are supplied to those action numbers, all information processors corresponding to those input instructions are activated. Thus plural information processors are activated with input of a single activation instruction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an activation method for information processing devices when performing mutual communication between information processing devices in a data communication system, and in particular, The present invention relates to a high-speed information processing device activation method for activating an information processing device.

[Conventional technology]

In a data communication system configured so that multiple information processing devices can communicate with each other via transmission paths, in order for one information processing device to communicate with another information processing device,
It is necessary that the other party's information processing device is activated (also called activation) so that it can communicate with the own information processing device. In order to activate a partner information processing device, an activation command for the partner information processing device is input to the own information processing device, and the activation command is executed.

By the way, in the conventional activation method of this type, one activation command was associated with one information processing device, so when activating multiple information processing devices, each information processing Multiple activation instructions were required for the device. For this reason, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the information processing device 30 is connected to the information processing devices 36 and 37 via the transmission paths 32 and 33, and the information processing device 31 is used as a backup device for the information processing device 30 to transmit data. In a data communication system connected to information processing devices 36 and 37 via paths 34 and 35, if the information processing device 30 becomes unable to communicate data due to a failure for some reason, the data communication When the information processing device 31 takes over, an activation command for the information processing device 36 is input to the information processing device 31 and executed, and then an activation command is input for the information processing device 37 and executed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional activation method described above, only one information processing device can be activated by inputting one activation command.
When activating multiple information processing devices, as mentioned above, it is necessary to prepare an activation command for each information processing device and give it to the information processing devices one after another. The disadvantage is that the more the number of units increases, the more time it takes to activate them.

The present invention solves these conventional drawbacks.
The purpose is to shorten the time required for activation by making it possible to instruct activation of a plurality of 1n information processing devices by simply inputting one activation command.

Means for Solving Problem C] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a data communication system in which a plurality of information processing devices communicate with each other via a transmission path. The same activity number is added to a plurality of other information processing devices in the environment definition file created, and when an activity command for the activity number is input, the activity number is determined by referring to the environment definition file. The information processing apparatus is configured to identify other information processing apparatuses corresponding to the information processing apparatus, and to cause each of the identified other information processing apparatuses to perform activation processing.

[Effect]

The same activity number is assigned to multiple information processing devices, and when an activity command for an activity number is input, activation processing is performed for all information processing devices corresponding to that activity number. A plurality of information processing devices can be activated by inputting one activation command.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data communication system to which the high-speed activation method of the present invention is applied. Device 151°161
．． 171, and the information processing apparatus 100 has a communication control unit 1101 and a communication management unit 120. Data flow control unit 130.
It has a configuration including a console input/output unit 140 and a console 180, and an environment definition file 190 in, for example, an external storage device. Further, the communication management section 120 has a management control section 121 and an activity management section 122.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the contents of a message frame of an input command from the console transferred in the information processing bag z100 according to the present invention, and the message frame 20 includes a message identification value 21. Message information identification value 22. It is composed of message information 23 and completion information 24.

In FIG. 1, by inputting one activation command to the information processing device 100, the information processing devices 151 and 161
．． If you want to activate 171 devices all at once and perform mutual communication with them, set a certain activation number rANJ to each information processing device 1 in advance in the communication system environment definition.
51, 161, and 171 and registered in the environment definition file 190.

When an activation command for the activation number rANJ is input by the operator from the console 180,
The console input/output unit 140 assembles the message frame 20 shown in FIG. 2 and having the following information. That is, the message identification value 21 incorporates an identification value indicating a command related to the management of the information processing device, the message information identification value 22 incorporates an identification value indicating a command related to activation of the information processing device, and the message information 23 contains the activity number rANJ. Incorporate.

The assembled message frame 20 is then passed to the communication control section 110.

The communication control unit 110 receives the passed message frame 20.
message identification (take out I\L21, console 1
When determining that the command input from 80 is a command related to management of the information processing apparatus, the message frame 20 is passed to the management control section 121 of the communication management section 120.

The management control unit 121 extracts the message information identification value 22 of the message frame 20, and when determining that the command input from the console is a command related to activation of the information processing device, the management control unit 121 transfers the message frame 20 to the activity management unit 1.
Pass it to 22.

The activity management unit 122 extracts the message information 23 from the message frame 20, and when determining that it is an activity number, refers to the information processing device corresponding to the activity number rANJ from the environment definition file 190, and assigns each information processing device 15.
1, 161, and 171 are activated one by one using the conventional activation technique of the information processing device. If at least one information processing device is activated, the corresponding activation completion identification value is incorporated into the completion information 24 of the message frame 20, and if there is an information processing device that is not activated, incorporates the corresponding activation failure identification value into the completion information 24 of the message frame 20 and passes the message frame 20 to the management control unit 121.

The message frame 20 passed to the management control unit 121 is sent to the console input/output unit 14 via the communication control unit 110.
0, and the console input/output unit 140 outputs the passed message frame 20 to the console 180 using a known console output technique.

The operator can recognize whether or not the activation command for the information processing devices 151, 161, and 171 was successful based on the screen display output to the console 180.

Then, using the known information processing device status display technology, the operator inputs a status display command for the information processing devices 151, 161, and 171 from the console 180, displays the status of each of the information processing devices, and activates the information processing devices 151, 161, and 171. The information processing device and the information processing device 100 communicate with each other using known data communication technology.

In the above embodiment, when a plurality of partner information processing devices that mutually communicate with the information processing device 100 are divided into groups and activated for each group, a different activity number can be assigned to each group. good.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention associates the same activity number with a plurality of information processing devices, and when an activity command for the activity number is input, all the information processing devices corresponding to the activity number Since the configuration allows activation processing to be performed, it is possible to activate information processing devices at high speed compared to the conventional method in which activation commands had to be given to each information processing device, and the data communication system This has the effect of improving the efficiency of

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data communication system to which the high-speed activation method of the present invention is applied; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a message frame of an activation command transferred within an information processing device; and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a data communication system. In the figure, 30.31.36.37.100.151
, 161.171... information processing device, 32, 33, 3
4, 35.150.160.170...transmission line, 11
0... Communication control unit, 120... Communication management unit, 121
...Management control section, 122...Activity management section, 130.
...Data flow control unit, 140...Console input/output unit, 180...Console, 190...Environment definition file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data communication system in which a plurality of information processing devices communicate with each other via a transmission path, an environment definition file provided in the information processing device includes a data communication system that communicates with a plurality of other information processing devices. The same activity number is added to the activity number, and when an activity command for the activity number is input, the environment definition file is referenced to identify other information processing devices corresponding to the activity number, and each of the identified A high-speed activation method for an information processing device, characterized in that it causes another information processing device to perform activation processing.