Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer session/connection establishing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-30
2007-01-30
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer session/connection establishing
C709S220000, C709S222000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09842596
ABSTRACT:
An application may query a fabric driver to obtain a list of devices visible through a fabric host adapter port(s). The fabric driver may obtain the list of devices by querying a fabric name server. For direct attach devices, device nodes may be created during driver attach. However, for fabric topologies the fabric driver is queried on-demand to provide a list of devices visible through the fabric host adapter port(s). A user (e.g. through an application) may then select devices from this list to be onlined. An indication of the fabric devices that are online for the host system are stored in a persistent repository. Following a reboot of the host system, the persistent repository may be read to determine which fabric devices were online prior to the reboot. The fabric devices that were online prior to the reboot to be may again be brought online for the host system.
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Rao Raghavendra
Rastogi Aseem
Shanthaveeraiah Sunil
Etienne Ario
Kowert Robert C.
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Nano Sargon N.
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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