Infiniband multicast operation in an LPAR environment

Details Infiniband multicast operation in an LPAR environment Infiniband multicast operation in an LPAR environment

2011-01-18

2011-01-18

Osman, Ramy M (Department: 2457)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Network-to-computer interfacing

C709S230000, C709S236000, C709S238000, C370S389000

Reexamination Certificate

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07873751

ABSTRACT:
A method, computer program product, and data processing system for providing system-area network (SAN) multicasting functionality in a logically partitioned (LPAR) data processing system in which a channel adapter is shared among a plurality of logical partitions is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the present invention allows LPAR “hypervisor” firmware to assume the responsibility for multicast protocol handling and distribution of packets among logical partitions.

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