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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wing Chan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David L. Griffith, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tandem Computers Incorporated, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
An on line serviceable computing system employing a small computer system interface (SCSI) bus architecture connecting two host computers to at least one additional shared device including a termination adapter circuit that can sense when a SCSI termination at the end of the SCSI bus is lost and automatically switch in a new SCSI bus termination to thereby ensure that the bus is terminated at both ends as required for continuous operation.