Device and method of controlling distributed system software version updating

The present invention discloses a version of the software update control apparatus and method for a distributed system, the version update control apparatus comprising: a module version control server, resides in the master subsystem / board, for implementing the subsystem / board update control software version; version control client module resides in each non-master subsystem / board, for the version with the version update control server module completes the negotiation, downloading updates this subsystem / board software version ; abstraction layer communication module, or a module for controlling the server version control client module provides messaging services in different versions to the communication link. The aspect of the present invention will now be an updated version of the software control means cross-platform and general distributed control system software version updates.