Fibre channel input/output data routing including discarding of data transfer requests in response to error detection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9021155
APP PUB NO 20120311199A1
SERIAL NO

13150583

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A computer program product is provided for performing input/output (I/O) processing. The computer program product is configured to perform: generating and storing in local channel memory at least one address control word (ACW) specifying one or more host memory locations for data transfer and including a data discard field; generating an address control structure specifying a local channel memory location of a corresponding ACW; receiving one or more data transfer requests from a network interface that each corresponding address control structure information; accessing an ACW and routing the data transfer request to a host memory location specified in the ACW; and responsive to encountering an error during at least one of the accessing and the routing, discarding the one or more data transfer requests and setting the data discard field to a value configured to instruct a channel to discard any subsequent data transfer requests associated with the ACW.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bender, Carl A Highland, US 31 690
Bubb, Clinton E Pleasant Valley, US 28 123
Casper, Daniel F Poughkeepsie, US 105 3402
Flanagan, John R Poughkeepsie, US 115 2913

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