International Business Machines Corporation

Paul Monroe Crutcher

Robert Wilhelm

Derek Ryan Brewer

Kerry M Langford

William Russell Marshall

Mike Maurer

Paul Maurice Gunsch

Todd Douglas Inman

A method and system are provided for implementing enhanced network device identifying and labeling via a connected Ethernet cable. A system includes a server having a port connected by the Ethernet cable to a port of a switch. An Ethernet runt packet containing metadata identifying the server name and the port is transmitted on the Ethernet cable by the server. Another Ethernet runt packet containing metadata identifying the switch name and the port is transmitted on the Ethernet cable by the switch. Use of the transmitted metadata of the Ethernet runt packets enables dynamically identifying and labeling the Ethernet cable, the connected server and port and switch and port.

Implementing enhanced network device labeling via ethernet

A consumption device may be detected by a processor. At least one property of the consumption device may be determined. Based on that property, a power configuration for the consumption device may be determined. The processor may permit a finite electrical cell associated with the processor to power the consumption device according to that power configuration.

Management of finite electrical cells

Disclosed are two mechanisms for preventing access failures attributable to dynamic port assignment of firewall-blocked ports. The mechanism involves an enhanced firewall that opens blocked ports prior to possible dynamic allocation so that the blocked ports are not available when a port is requested. The second mechanism involves an enhanced commutations stack that works in conjunction with an enhanced firewall to reserve blocked ports so that the blocked ports are not available for dynamic allocation when a port is requested.

Fault reducing firewall system

A method and system for sharing data in a computer network having multiple processors enrolled therein. A local clipboard memory is initially associated with each processor enrolled in the computer network. A data object from an application within a processor enrolled in a computer network is thereafter transferred to the clipboard memory associated with that processor, in response to user input. The data object is thereafter automatically transferred to some or all clipboard memories of the other processors enrolled in the computer network. As a result of the automatic transference of the data object to the other clipboard memories of the processors enrolled in a network, applications running on those processors enrolled in the computer network can be directed, via user input, to retrieve the data object from the local clipboard memory of that processor. The clipboard memories contained within processors enrolled in the computer network can be grouped into one or more logical shared clipboard memories, thus allowing for the existence of one or more shared clipboards within the processors enrolled in the computer network.

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Paul Monroe Crutcher