Device management communication mechanism for selectively addressing multiple devices using single target identifier (TID) - based communication protocol

摘要

A multiple device management communication mechanism uses the normally empty GENERAL BLOCK field of single destination address-based management communication TL1 protocol command structure to selectively insert a substitute recipient address, and thereby selectively transmit a management message from a host site over a communication link to any of plurality of remote subsidiary devices that would otherwise be remotely unaddressable.