Method of starting up a subsystem in a distributed processing system.

摘要

In a distributed system having a plurality of processors (1, 2, ...n) connected to a common transmission line (21), each processor comprises means (57) for registering erroneous programs within the processor, and means (58) for changing modes, so that a program is diagnosed on the basis of a processed result of data accepted from the transmission line (21) and is registered in the erroneous program registration means (57) if it is erroneous, and that the mode change means (58) changes-over the test mode and the on-line mode by reference to the erroneous program registration means (57) and in correspondence with the programs registered in or cancelled from the registration means (57). <IMAGE>