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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Daniel F. Casper, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Joseph C. Elliott, Hopwell Junction, NY (US);
Robert J. Dugan, Hyde Park, NY (US);
John R. Flanagan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Catherine C. Huang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Louis W. Ricci, Hyde Park, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a method of transferring information in a network computing system environment. The network environment includes a main storage coupled to a channel subsystem with a plurality of channels in processing communication with a control unit capable of coupling to a plurality of input/output devices. First packets of data are concurrently sent to and from the main storage. The operation of certain channel functions are also transferred to the control unit so that each command does not require a command response or an end notification response. Finally by certain commands are combined with the associated data of one or more of the data packets. In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical fabric is also in processing communication with said channels and control unit.