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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Steven G. Glassen, Wallkill, NY (US);
Marten J. Halma, Poughquag, NY (US);
David W. Hollar, Kingston, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Hans-helge Lehmann, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Tan LU, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael G. Melendy, Ulster Park, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Oakes, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles E. Shapley, Salt Point, NY (US);
Robert A. Smith, Apalachin, NY (US);
John S. Trotter, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Leslie W. Wyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Steven G. Glassen, Wallkill, NY (US);
Marten J. Halma, Poughquag, NY (US);
David W. Hollar, Kingston, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Hans-Helge Lehmann, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Tan Lu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael G. Melendy, Ulster Park, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Oakes, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles E. Shapley, Salt Point, NY (US);
Robert A. Smith, Apalachin, NY (US);
John S. Trotter, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Leslie W. Wyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An input/output subsystem of a computing environment is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image includes one or more communications adapters used for communicating within the computing environment. A communications adapter is identified by hardware of the computing environment by using a first identifier, and it is identified by a program of the computing environment by using a second identifier. The identifiers can be of different sizes.