International Business Machines Corporation

Carl Mayer

Thomas Pohl

Dirk Bolte

Andreas Bieswanger

Martin Troester

Jerry Wayne Stevens

Christine Axnix

Stefan Amann

Joseph M Gdaniec

Ingo Adlung

Friedemann Baitinger

Viktor Mihajlovski

Friedrich Michael Welter

Jeffrey Alan Frey

Andreas Koenig

Gerd Konrad Bayer

Juergen Probst

Onur Keles

Frank Koeble

Klaus-Juergen Kuehl

Jeff A Frey

Felix Eickhoff

Embodiments relate to controlling configuration of a computer system comprising one or more exchangeable components. The exchangeable components comprising identification means to store an identifier. A pair of a private key and a public key are generated for each accepted manufacturer of the exchangeable components and a pair of a private key and a public key for the computer system; assigning an identifier for each exchangeable component available for attachment to the system; receiving configuration data comprising a list of encrypted identity records comprising identifiers of the components together with signatures over the data generated with the private key of the respective component manufacturer for each component expected to be attached to the system; and receiving a configuration record. The configuration data of the expected components from the received configuration record is compared with the configuration data of the components attached to the system.

Controlling the configuration of computer systems

An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.

Integration of heterogeneous computing systems into a hybrid computing system

An improved method for connection exploration in a network is disclosed, wherein said network includes a plurality of network elements each including at least one port, wherein a globally unique identifier is assigned to each individual port of said network elements, and wherein connected ports of two network elements transfer their globally unique identifiers over a corresponding connection using heartbeat-ordered sequences. The method comprises capturing said transferred globally unique identifiers at receiving ports, storing each of said captured globally unique identifiers at a corresponding receiving port, reading out said transferred globally unique identifiers stored at each port of said network elements using an in-band access, matching said read out globally unique identifiers to a hardware configuration data set to identify connected network elements and connections between said connected network elements, and recording information about existing connections between said network elements.

Method and apparatus for connection exploration in a network

A method, a computer program product and a system for reconfiguring functional capabilities in a data processing system with dormant resources. Dormant resources of a data processing system are used to replace () the functional characteristics of a broken hardware unit in order to compensate the lost resources. If sufficient dormant resources are available to replace the functional capabilities of the broken hardware unit, the data processing system can be used without any degradation of its capabilities. Otherwise the degradation is reduced. The functional part of the broken hardware unit is fenced () from the system, but its configuration data is read () from its non-functional part. The enablement definition data contained in the configuration data is then analysed for missing resources. Available dormant resources are then enabled until all the lost resources are replaced or no more dormant resources are available for the replacement.

Method and system for reconfiguring functional capabilities in a data processing system with dormant resources

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Bissingen A.D. Teck, Germany

Carl Mayer