Abstract: A system and method is provided for a computer network system to allow a device associated with a client-ID to be replaced without requiring the network system to reconfigure the client-ID information. The client-ID configuration information can be associated or tied to a slot or holder for a network device, rather than the network device itself. For example, the client-ID configuration information may be tied to an FRU holder, such as a Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) slot, and not the FRU itself. The client-ID configuration information is managed by a central resource. Accordingly, when the network device is replaced with a new device, the client-ID can be assigned from this central resource. The central resource may be a service processor or an alarm card. The service processor may access a storage device to retrieve the client-ID and transmit it to an FRU. Thus, when the FRU is replaced, this client-ID information is downloaded from the service processor by the new FRU.

Abstract: A system having a common operations and reset environment and method for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises one or more hardware resources, client programs stored in memory, and an operations and reset environment shared by the clients. The operations and reset environment implement hardware specific functions to make available the one or more hardware resources to the clients using a common programming interface.