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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2007
Ugochukwu Charles Njoku, Bronx, NY (US);
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
David Craddock, New Paltz, NY (US);
Richard K. Errickson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
Gustav E. Sittmann, Iii, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Ugochukwu Charles Njoku, Bronx, NY (US);
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
David Craddock, New Paltz, NY (US);
Richard K. Errickson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
Gustav E. Sittmann, III, Webster Groves, MO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication port of a communications interface of an information handling system comprises a plurality of virtual ports. A first command is issued to obtain information indicating a number of images of virtual ports supportable by the communications interface. A second command is then issued requesting the communications interface to virtualize the communication port. In response to the second command, one or more virtual switches are then configured to connect to the communication port, each virtual switch including a plurality of virtual ports, such that the one or more virtual switches are configured in a manner sufficient to support the number of images of virtual ports indicated by the obtained information. Thereafter, upon request via issuance of a third command, a logical link is established between one of the virtual ports of one of the virtual switches and a communicating element of the information handling system.