International Business Machines Corporation

Michael Jason Cade

Christian Jacobi

Patrick James Meaney

Robert J Sonnelitter, Iii

Glenn David Gilda

Arthur J O'Neill

Hubert Harrer

Rajat Rao

Xiaomin Duan

Concurrent servicing of a first cable of a cable pair while a second cable of the cable pair remains operational improves multi-processor computer system availability and serviceability. A pair of processing chips in different processing drawers may continue operation by way of the second cable while the first cable is degraded or serviced. Upon the servicing of the first cable, the serviced cable may transition to a fully operational state with no interruptions to the operations between the processing drawers by way of the second cable. Since cable faults are typically more common than processing chip or processing drawer faults, identification of cable faults and the ability to maintain operations of the processing drawers connected therewith is increasingly important.

Cable pair concurrent servicing

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San Marcos, TX, United States of America

Michael Jason Cade