High performance and resource efficient communications between partitions in a logically partitioned system
US8635632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/455
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for communicating between a plurality of applications. An application programming interface (API) associated with an originating application running on a first logical partition in a plurality of logical partitions of a logically partitioned data processing system receives a request to send data to a destination application. The API sends a request to identify a location of the destination application to a virtualization management mechanism. Responsive to receiving a response from the virtualization management mechanism, the API determines whether the location of the destination application is in a second logical partition in the plurality of logical partitions of the logically partitioned data processing system. Responsive to the location being in the second logical partition, the API uses a bypass protocol to send the request from the originating application to the destination application.
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