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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
William T. Boyd, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Douglas M. Freimuth, New York, NY (US);
William G. Holland, Cary, NC (US);
Steven W. Hunter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Steven M. Thurber, Austin, TX (US);
Madeline Vega, Austin, TX (US);
William T. Boyd, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Douglas M. Freimuth, New York, NY (US);
William G. Holland, Cary, NC (US);
Steven W. Hunter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Steven M. Thurber, Austin, TX (US);
Madeline Vega, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed in a data processing environment that includes host computer systems that are coupled to adapters utilizing a switched fabric for routing packets between the host computer systems and the adapters. A unique destination identifier is assigned to one of the host computer systems. A portion of a standard format packet destination address is selected. Within a particular packet, the portion is set equal to the unique identifier that is assigned to the host computer system. The particular packet is then routed through the fabric to the host computer system using the unique destination identifier.