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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Steven Edward Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Chien-chiung Chen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Patricia Ching LU, Fremont, CA (US);
Matthew Joseph Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven Edward Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
James Chien-Chiung Chen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Patricia Ching Lu, Fremont, CA (US);
Matthew Joseph Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);
Internatioal Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first device determines a possibility of an invalidation of a second device, wherein the first device is coupled to the second device via a fabric. A query is sent from the first device to validate the second device, in response to determining the possibility of the invalidation of the second device. A determination is made, at the first device, whether to continue I/O operations from the first device to the second device based on receiving a response to the query within a time period.