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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Beth Glendening, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Marten J. Halma, Poughquag, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Hans-helge Lehmann, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Tan LU, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Allan S. Meritt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Ugochukwo Njoku-charles, Bronx, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Oakes, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles E. Shapley, Salt Point, 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);
Beth Glendening, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Marten J. Halma, Poughquag, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Hans-Helge Lehmann, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Tan Lu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Allan S. Meritt, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Ugochukwo Njoku-Charles, Bronx, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Oakes, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles E. Shapley, Salt Point, 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
A communications adapter is shared by a plurality of input/output (I/O) subsystem images of an I/O subsystem of a central processing complex. To enable the sharing, the communications adapter is configured to a plurality of I/O paths of the plurality of I/O subsystem images. An I/O subsystem may have one or more shared communications adapters.