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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Gerhard Banzahf, Nufringen, DE;
Stefan Mueller, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Ingo Adlung, Altdorf, DE;
Gerhard Banzahf, Nufringen, DE;
Stefan Mueller, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Jaya Srikrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Frank W. Brice, Jr., Hurley, NY (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Ingo Adlung, Altdorf, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system for managing virtual instances of a physical port attached to a network. The method is based on the Fiber Channel N_Port virtualization for a physical Fiber Channel N_Port. Multiple virtual Fiber Channel adapters share a single physical N_Port among multiple operating system instances. The invention discloses means for the automatic and persistent generation and administration of unique Worldwide Port Names needed for the N_Port virtualization.