Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output command process
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2008-12-09
Patel, Niketa I (Department: 2181)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output command process
C710S019000, C710S036000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07464190
ABSTRACT:
A channel adapter non-disruptively removing an address assigned thereto. A logout command is sent from the channel adapter to a fabric requesting the fabric to unassign a given address. The channel adapter is capable of detecting an error if the fabric response does not indicate the requested address was successfully removed.
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, “Physical Address Registers for a Fibre Channel Protocol Chip”, G. M. Nordstrom, vol. 37, No. 10, Oct. 1994, pp. 607-608.
Dugan Robert J.
Frazier Giles R.
Campbell John E.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Martinez David E
Ortega Arthur
Patel Niketa I
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