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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Edward Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Charles Jens Archer, Rochester, MN (US);
Kurt Walter Pinnow, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph D. Ratterman, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Edward Smith, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method checks for nodal faults in a group of nodes comprising a center node and all adjacent nodes. The center node concurrently communicates with the immediately adjacent nodes in three dimensions. The communications are analyzed to determine a presence of a faulty node or connection.