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Method and apparatus for obtaining multiple port addresses by a fibre channel from a network fabric

  • US 20030103504A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2001
  • Published: 06/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a data processing network having a server, multiple partitions, a fabric, and a channel adapter communicating between the partition and the fabric, a method of assigning addresses to the channel adapter comprising:

  • sending multiple requests from the channel adapter to the fabric, each request sent on behalf of a respective one of said partitions;

    assigning a unique address identification for each request, each address identification being associated with the respective partition on whose behalf the request was sent;

    storing in a table in the fabric, the address identifications; and

    returning the assigned address identification for each request, wherein multiple addresses are assigned to the same channel adapter.

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