International Business Machines Corporation

Barry Douglas White

Robert Bruce Nicholson

Ian David Judd

Paul Nicholas Cashman

Reginald Beer

Robert Frank Maddock

Paul Jonathan Quelch

Paul Hooton

Neil Morris

A method and apparatus for relating a device name to a physical location of a device () on a network is provided. The network may be a serial loop network, for example a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop network. The network includes a plurality of devices () on or connected to the network () and a control device () with control over at least one of the devices (). Each device () has a check output () independent of the network () with connection means () to a control device (). The method includes the step of sending a device name from the check output () of a device () to the control device (). The check output () of a device () is also connected to an external indication means for indicating the failure of the device ().

Method and apparatus for relating device name to physical location of device on a network

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Winchester, United Kingdom

Barry Douglas White