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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2005
Lourie A. Bryan, Tucson, AZ (US);
James A. Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond A. James, Lakeside, AZ (US);
Kerri R. Shotwell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lourie A. Bryan, Tucson, AZ (US);
James A. Fisher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond A. James, Lakeside, AZ (US);
Kerri R. Shotwell, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A host library controller employs a plurality of ports for establishing a plurality of communication paths from the host library controller to a medium changer library. The host library controller further employs a processor and a memory storing instructions for the processor to issue a command from a medium changer command set, and to select one or more of the ports for communicating the medium changer command to the medium changer library depending on a command processing status of each port.