METHOD FOR ASSIGNING LOGICAL ADDRESSES TO THE CONNECTION PORTS OF DEVICES OF A SERVER CLUSTER, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SERVER CLUSTER

摘要

The invention relates to a method for assigning logical addresses to connection ports of devices of a server cluster, which comprises the following steps: defining (202) a logical addressing policy for said connection ports of the cluster devices; initializing (114) a database (72) for administering the server cluster on the basis of a logical distribution (74) of the devices of the cluster in the data transmission network and a geographical distribution (76) and definition of the hardware (74, 76) of the devices of the cluster; assigning (204) logical addresses to said connection ports of devices of the server cluster on the basis of the logical addressing policy; and recording (206) the logical addresses assigned in the databases (72) for administering the server cluster. The method specifically comprises executing (204, 206) an automatic logical address allocator (84) on the basis of execution parameters including a structured description file (82) of the logical addressing policy and the contents of the previously initialized administration database (72).