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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Daniel James Henderson, Georgetown, TX (US);
Michael S. Stys, Austin, TX (US);
David R. Willoughby, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel James Henderson, Georgetown, TX (US);
Michael S. Stys, Austin, TX (US);
David R. Willoughby, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A means and system of describing rules for performance and availability for a system with respect to individual adapter cards and I/O drawers. It describes a means of scoring system configurations by how well they conform to the defined rules. It also describes a means of scoring the relative value of the placement of individual cards and I/O slots. It then defines a means of placing I/O cards into I/O slots for a defined number of I/O drawers following the rules and achieving the best individual scores for cards and slots. It also optimizes the placement to achieve the best possible system score.