Method for determining the availability of paths to a device

Details Method for determining the availability of paths to a device Method for determining the availability of paths to a device

2004-12-06

2008-11-11

Kindred, Alford (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Input/output access regulation

C710S036000, C340S870030, C370S216000, C370S217000, C370S220000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451252

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method for selecting one of multiple proposed paths to a device. For each proposed path, a determination is made of a number of components the proposed path shares with existing paths to the device. The components comprise points of failure such that if one component fails then the path including the component fails. The determined number of shared components for each proposed path is used to select one proposed path.

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