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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Charles S. Cardinell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven E. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ashwani Kumar, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel W. Sherman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Charles S. Cardinell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven E. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ashwani Kumar, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel W. Sherman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting supported small form-factor pluggable (SFP) devices in an adapter are provided. One system includes multiple ports, each port configured to be coupled to a SFP device, a tracking device configured to store data representing a list of supported SFP devices for the adapter, and a processor coupled to each of the plurality of ports and the tracking device. The processor is configured to scan each port at start-up, determine if any of the ports is coupled to a non-supported SFP device, and disable any ports that are coupled to a non-supported SFP device. One method includes scanning each port at start-up, determining if any of the ports is coupled to a non-supported SFP device, and disabling any ports that are coupled to a non-supported SFP device. Also provided are computer storage mediums including computer code for performing the above method.