Firmware management of storage class memory for connected or disconnected I/O adapters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9183165
APP PUB NO 20120317390A1
SERIAL NO

13157484

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A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for detecting connections of two or more input/output (I/O) adapters, each of the two or more I/O adapters having one or more solid state devices (SSDs) connected thereto, and presenting a storage class memory address space for all of the connected SSDs that is independent of connections and disconnections between each of the one or more SSDs and each of the two or more I/O adapters and the processing unit.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bickelman, Craig Poughkeepsie, US 2 59
Driever, Peter Poughkeepsie, US 2 59
Glassen, Steven G Wallkill, US 55 1644
Oakes, Kenneth J Poughkeepsie, US 78 2725
Szwed, Peter K Rhinebeck, US 68 1292

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