Sharing communications adapters across a plurality of input/output subsystem images
US7174550B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/122
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications adapter is shared by a plurality of input/output (I/O) subsystem images of an I/O subsystem of a central processing complex. To enable the sharing, the communications adapter is configured to a plurality of I/O paths of the plurality of I/O subsystem images. An I/O subsystem may have one or more shared communications adapters.
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