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Michael D Campbell

Thomas Anthony Gregg

Mark S Farrell

Charles Franklin Webb

Martin Eckert

Janet R Easton

Kulwant M Pandey

Hubert Harrer

Gary E Strait

Andrew A Turner

Douglas G Balazich

Frank William Angelotti

Gary Alan Peterson

Kenneth Lee Christian

Rohan A Jones

Neil A Malek

Dermot Weldon

A computer system includes a processor, and the processor includes at least one interface for communicating with an electronic component. Each of the at least one interface has a set of interface settings. The computer system further includes a memory containing machine executable instructions. Execution of the instructions causes the processor to: monitor communications traffic on the at least one interface; store, eye distribution data acquired during the monitoring of the communications traffic in a database; compare the eye distribution data to a set of predetermined criteria; and generate a set of updated interface settings if the eye distribution does not satisfy the set of predetermined criteria.

Updating interface settings for an interface

The setting of interruption initiatives is directly initiated by external adapters. An adapter external to the processors at which the initiative is to be made pending sends a request directly to a system controller coupled to the adapter and the processors. The system controller then broadcasts a command to the processors instructing the processors to set the interruption initiative.

Directly initiating by external adapters the setting of interruption initiatives

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