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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Scott B. Compton, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Dale F. Riedy, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William J. Rooney, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4027 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of implementing a firm channel in a computer system are provided. The method including identifying at least one of a channel and a channel path ID (CHPID) as a first firm channel, automatically defining a logical path between a first device and a second device using the first firm channel, and storing the logical path in a configuration file of the computer system, wherein the logical path is accessible at system initialization.