CONCURRENT EXECUTION OF MULTIPLE PRIMITIVE COMMANDS IN COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

• US 20090199187A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: SHELL, Eric S., CHU, Minghao M., VALENCIA, Clarisa, CORONADO, Juan A., LE, Dinh Hai, CERVANTES, Ezequiel
• Granted Patent: US 8,161,455 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/482 Application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

A method to concurrently execute multiple primitive commands in a command line interface (CLI) is provided. Each of a plurality of signal parameters is designated for each of a plurality of primitive commands. The plurality of primitive commands is encapsulated into a header CLI command. The CLI command is executed.

Claims

1. A method to concurrently execute multiple primitive commands in a command line interface (CLI), comprising:

designating each of a plurality of signal parameters for each of a plurality of primitive commands;

encapsulating the plurality of primitive commands into a header CLI command; and

executing the header CLI command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein designating each of a plurality of signal parameters for each of a plurality of primitive commands includes designating the plurality of signal parameters to modify a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals indicating a beginning of each of the plurality of primitive commands.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the header CLI command includes executing the CLI command as a first command in a CLI script.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the header CLI command includes sending the header CLI command from the CLI to a network interface (NI).

5. The method of claim 4, wherein executing the header CLI command further includes packaging the header CLI command to generate a CLI command package.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein executing the header CLI command further includes sending the CLI command package to a network interface (NI) node.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein executing the header CLI command further includes processing the CLI command package by specialized kernel microcode.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein executing the header CLI command further includes designating a group of the plurality of primitive commands with a plurality of indicators flagging the commands as belonging to a sequential group.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein executing the header CLI command further includes processing the group of the plurality of primitive commands by the specialized kernel microcode in sequential order.

10. A computer program product for concurrently executing multiple primitive commands in a command line interface (CLI), the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for designating each of a plurality of signal parameters for each of a plurality of primitive commands;

a second executable portion for encapsulating the plurality of primitive commands into a header CLI command; and

a third executable portion for executing the header CLI command.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further including a fourth executable portion for designating the plurality of signal parameters to modify a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals indicating a beginning of each of the plurality of primitive commands.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the third executable portion is adapted to execute the CLI command as a first command in a CLI script.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, further including a fourth executable portion for sending the header CLI command from the CLI to a network interface (NI).

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further including a fifth executable portion for packaging the header CLI command to generate a CLI command package.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further including a sixth executable portion for sending the CLI command package to a network interface (NI) node.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further including a seventh executable portion for processing the CLI command package by specialized kernel microcode.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the CLI is operable on a storage controller of a computer storage subsystem.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further including an eighth executable portion for designating a group of the plurality of primitive commands with a plurality of indicators flagging the commands as belonging to a sequential group.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, further including a ninth executable portion for processing the group of the plurality of primitive commands by the specialized kernel microcode in sequential order.