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Generating unique identifiers for logical partitions

US7693811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Ingo Adlung · Altdorf, DE
Gerhard Banzhaf · Nufringen, DE
Frank W. Brice, Jr. · Kingston, US
Giles R. Frazier · Austin, US
Stefan Mueller · Villingen, DE
Jaya Srikrishnan · Wappingers Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2006
Grant date	Apr 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99931
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-usable program code to generate unique identifiers for a logically partitioned and/or virtualized data processing system. A number of computing entities supported by the data processing system are identified to form a number of identified entities. A set of unique identifiers is generated based upon the number of identified entities. A unique identifier from the set of unique identifiers is assigned to a logical computing entity during operation of the data processing system.

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