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Method, system, and computer program product for taking an I/O enclosure offline

US9886070B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Herve G. P. Andre · Orlando, US
Gary W. Batchelor · Tucson, US
Scott Brewer · Vail, US
Veronica S. Davila · Tucson, US
Enrique Q. Garcia · Tucson, US
Daniel Ibanez · Tucson, US
Trung N. Nguyen · Vail, US
Louis A. Rasor · Tucson, US
Brian A. Rinaldi · Tucson, US
Micah Robison · Tucson, US
Todd C. Sorenson · Tucson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/4068
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage controller determines a presence of an indication from an Input/Output (I/O) enclosure that the I/O enclosure will be powered off after a predetermined amount of time. The storage controller quiesces all I/O adapters of the I/O enclosure, in response to receiving the indication. The storage controller quiesces the I/O enclosure, in response to completion of quiescing of all of the I/O adapters of the I/O enclosure.

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