International Business Machines Corporation

Shariffa B Siewrattan

Tara Lynn Astigarraga

Louie Arthur Dickens

Jose Roberto Mosqueda Mejia

Michael E Browne

David Franklin DeHaan

Raquel Maldonado Cabrera

Omolaoye Olatunde-Bello

Patricia J Jeffalone

Frances Bennett Tsingine

Various embodiments for management of multipath Input/Output (I/O) in a computing system by a processor device. Upon surpassing a threshold for at least one predetermined criterion associated with near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O, a system notification is provided that is usable by the processor device to perform a multipath layer path selection aimed at reducing near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O.

Tracking and factoring application near misses/timeouts into path selection and multipathing status

Various embodiments for enhancing accuracy in usability testing, by a processor device, are provided. Sentiment information is collected by a wearable device configured to be worn by a test user while a set of operations of a test case are executed, the test case evaluating usability of a product or service. Upon completion of the set of operations, a quality for the evaluation of the usability is determined using the sentiment information collected from the wearable device corresponding to input received from the executed set of operations.

Sentiment analysis as a quality indicator in usability testing

A blade center is provided with an additional video output system which includes additional video output capabilities to allow a user to point to another blade within the blade center to work locally on a blade that does not include media tray access. The local access is granted via a control (e.g., a button) on the control panel of the blades or a control on the chassis or management module that allows the user to specify which blade to use for the second video output connection to a KVM console or direct host connect. This video output system advantageously allows more than one blade to be interactively utilized in a graphic environment at any time. Other blades executing local applications can be accessed and/or modified while another blade is accessing the media tray for installations and using one of the video output controls.

Providing a blade center with additional video output capability via a backup blade center management module

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Shariffa B Siewrattan