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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Hung Q. Thai, Bronx, NY (US);
Hanhong Xue, Albany, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hung Q. Thai, Bronx, NY (US);
Hanhong Xue, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
Load balancing of adapters on a multi-adapter node of a communications environment. A task executing on the node selects an adapter resource unit to be used as its primary port for communications. The selection is based on the task's identifier, and facilitates a balancing of the load among the adapter resource units. Using the task's identifier, an index is generated that is used to select a particular adapter resource unit from a list of adapter resource units assigned to the task. The generation of the index is efficient and predictable.