Abstract: A system and method for uniformly administering parameters for a load distribution and load control of a computer platform includes a processor and a storage mechanism. Software components run on the processor, and include a manager component, which is a load model manager, that uniformly administers parameters for a load distribution and load control of the system. The platform further includes a catalog stored in the storage mechanism via which the load model manager administers the parameters. The catalog includes a plurality of tables. Each of the tables respectively includes a load model which is a complete, consistent set of parameters that influence the load distribution of the load control of the computer system.

Abstract: Switching equipment for setting up a connection between at least two pieces of terminal equipment wherein terminal equipment-related supplementary information such as, for example, the telephone number of calling terminal equipment is transmitted in addition to the actual voice information. In order to prevent an overload of an exchange processor means of the individual exchange units, it is inventively proposed to provide monitoring means that monitor the usage degree of the individual exchange processor means and, given upper transgression of a specific usage degree, delay the enable of second transmission units provided for the transmission of the terminal equipment-related supplementary information dependent on the usage degree of the corresponding exchange processor means.