the fact that after an auto ip node assignment a master node will know about all other nodes and can then send its re deployment image to all agents at the same time the agent identifies that image and ensures that the destination is correct then it deploys the image onto itself and may send the configuration information back to the master node fig5 shows another more detailed embodiment of a method according to the present application the process starts with step 702 in step 704 again an auto ip node assignment process is performed as will be explained in more detail later once an ip address has been automatically assigned the agent checks whether a broadcast channel for this particular cluster exists in step 706 different nodes of a cluster or within a cluster can be assigned to specific solution channels such as oracle 9i oracle 10g etc if such a channel exists then the agent waits for other nodes to synchronize the following broadcast in steps 708 and 710 as mentioned above a specific solution can be assigned to specific nodes thus these nodes subscribe to different broadcast channels once all systems subscribing to a broadcast channel have joined which can be determined by either a certain timeout or by checking the subscription status according to a predetermined list the actual broadcast will begin in step 712 and all subscribing nodes will download the respective re.