Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output command process
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-20
2011-12-13
Hafiz, Tariq (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output command process
C710S015000, C710S017000, C710S018000, C710S019000, C710S029000, C710S031000, C710S032000, C710S036000, C710S038000, C710S039000, C710S040000, C710S048000, C710S200000, C710S240000, C710S241000, C710S242000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08078764
ABSTRACT:
The physical server includes a hypervisor for managing an association between the virtual server and the I/O device allocated to the virtual server. The I/O switch includes: a setting register for retaining a request to inhibit a transaction from being issued from the I/O device to the virtual server; a Tx inhibition control module for performing an inhibition of the transaction from the I/O device to the virtual server, and guaranteeing a completion of a transaction from the I/O device issued before the inhibition; a virtualization assist module for converting an address of the virtual server into an address within a memory of the physical server; and a switch management module for managing a configuration of the I/O switch.
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Baba Takashige
Okitsu Jun
Tsushima Yuji
Uehara Keitaro
Yasuda Yoshiko
A. Marquez, Esq. Juan Carlos
Hafiz Tariq
Hitachi , Ltd.
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Vidwan Jasjit
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