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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Shamsundar Ashok, Austin, TX (US);
Bryan Mark Logan, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher Mcnelis, Austin, TX (US);
Joy Mei-jen Underhill, Round Rock, TX (US);
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
Shamsundar Ashok, Austin, TX (US);
Bryan Mark Logan, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher McNelis, Austin, TX (US);
Joy Mei-Jen Underhill, Round Rock, TX (US);
Colin Beaton Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A graphical user interface, method, and apparatus for configuring a logical partition (LPAR), comprises one or more screens for configuring an LPAR having allocated resources residing on a server computer, the LPAR being uniquely identified by a partition ID; the one or more screens comprising an SNA selection element configured for user-selection of a shared network adapter (SNA) ID from one or more available SNA IDs, wherein each selectable SNA ID uniquely identifies a respective SNA installed on the server computer; a physical port selection element configured for user-selection of a physical port ID from one or more physical port IDs each corresponding to a respective physical port, wherein the one or more physical port IDs uniquely identify all physical ports residing on the respective SNA for the selected SNA ID; and an active configure button which, when selected by a user, causes the display of one or more screens for configuring a logical shared adapter (LSA) associated with the respective SNA.