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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2004
Frederick E Knight, Weare, NH (US);
Jason M. Miller, Nashua, NH (US);
Aaron D. Brooks, Hudson, NH (US);
Frederick E Knight, Weare, NH (US);
Jason M. Miller, Nashua, NH (US);
Aaron D. Brooks, Hudson, NH (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a host bus adapter for implementing a first port of a node on a network of nodes interconnected through an intelligent connection system comprising: a transceiver providing a physical interface for the first port; and a protocol controller that transmits a notification to the intelligent connection system on behalf of a remote second port indicating that the second port may have failed when the second port fails to communicate with the first port.