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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Ying P. Lok, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
David R. Eaves, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Ying P. Lok, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
David R. Eaves, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method for managing a virtual adapter instance associated with a physical adapter is provided. The method includes configuring a monitoring module for detecting change in configuration of the virtual adapter instance; detecting if the configuration has changed for the virtual adapter instance, at any given time; comparing a changed configuration with a previous configuration of the virtual adapter instance; installing a new virtual adapter instance, if new information is present in the changed configuration; and uninstalling the virtual adapter instance, if information from the previous configuration was removed.