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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
James P. Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Marcus Bryan Grande, Austin, TX (US);
Robert G. Kovacs, Austin, TX (US);
James P. Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Marcus Bryan Grande, Austin, TX (US);
Robert G. Kovacs, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing a Fibre Channel adapter is disclosed. When a close request is received by the Fibre Channel adapter, the adapter is set to a quasi-open state. In a quasi-open state, the adapter keeps the link to the Fibre Channel network open, releases extended resources, and maintains minimal resources in order to keep the link open. When a request is received by the adapter while in a quasi-open state, the request is rejected thereby preventing other devices from logging into the quasi-opened device and informing other devices that the quasi-opened device is not currently communicating across the Fibre Channel network. An information handling system and a computer program product for implementing the Fibre Channel adapter quasi-open state are further disclosed.