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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Reginald Beer, Eastleigh, GB;
Paul Nicholas Cashman, Alton, GB;
Paul Hooton, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian David Judd, Winchester, GB;
Robert Frank Maddock, Christchurch, GB;
Neil Morris, Southsea, GB;
Robert Bruce Nicholson, Southsea, GB;
Paul Jonathan Quelch, Emsworth, GB;
Barry Douglas White, Winchester, GB;
Reginald Beer, Eastleigh, GB;
Paul Nicholas Cashman, Alton, GB;
Paul Hooton, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian David Judd, Winchester, GB;
Robert Frank Maddock, Christchurch, GB;
Neil Morris, Southsea, GB;
Robert Bruce Nicholson, Southsea, GB;
Paul Jonathan Quelch, Emsworth, GB;
Barry Douglas White, Winchester, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for relating a device name to a physical location of a device () on a network is provided. The network may be a serial loop network, for example a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop network. The network includes a plurality of devices () on or connected to the network () and a control device () with control over at least one of the devices (). Each device () has a check output () independent of the network () with connection means () to a control device (). The method includes the step of sending a device name from the check output () of a device () to the control device (). The check output () of a device () is also connected to an external indication means for indicating the failure of the device ().