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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jesse P. Arroyo, Rochester, MN (US);
Ellen M. Bauman, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy R. Block, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher J. Engel, Rochester, MN (US);
Kaveh Naderi, Austin, TX (US);
Harald Pross, Wildberg, DE;
Thomas R. Sand, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing health check for optical cable attached Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) enclosures in a computer system. System firmware is provided for implementing health check functions. One or more optical cables are connected between a host bridge and a PCIE enclosure. A PCIE link to the PCIE enclosure is reset responsive to a predefined event. After a set delay, a PCIE link health check is performed verifying PCIE link width and speed.