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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1989
Jerry D Dixon, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Don S Keener, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Howard J Locker, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Gerald A Marazas, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Andrew B McNeill, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Thomas H Newsom, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Neal A Osborn, Delray Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for assigning addresses to devices connected to a small computer system interface (SCSI) bus. A second configure bus interconnects address assignable devices on the SCSI bus. The assignable devices may be used in a mixed system where some devices have fixed non-assignable addresses. The master device in the SCSI bus transmits configuration commands over the configuration bus and addresses for assignment over the SCSI bus. Acknowledgements are received back from a device which has accepted an address. Once configured with an address, the device propagates subsequent configuration commands to an adjacent device.