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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Robert J. Dugan, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Dugan, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A channel adapter non-disruptively removing an address assigned thereto. A logout command is sent from the channel adapter to a fabric requesting the fabric to unassign a given address. The channel adapter is capable of detecting an error if the fabric response does not indicate the requested address was successfully removed.