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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2000
Sameh W. Asaad, Mahopac, NY (US);
Nicholas R. Dono, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ernest Nelson Mandese, Durham, NC (US);
Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kevin W. Warren, Fishkill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer network system includes a plurality of computers each including a central processing unit (CPU), a memory and at least one peripheral device, a connection fabric having selectable first and second sides, the first side being coupled to a first computer of the plurality of computers and the second side being coupled to at least a second computer of the plurality of computers. Each of the first and second computers performs a negotiation to determine which one of the first and second computers controls resources of the other of the first and second computers.