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COMPUTER SYSTEM INPUT/OUTPUT MANAGEMENT

  • US 20090259749A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2009
  • Published: 10/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for collecting information related to I/O performance, comprising:

  • a plurality of servers, each server including an input/output (I/O) controller configured as an initiator in the network, an agent configured for collecting initiator event data related to the performance of the network, and a initiator driver stack tailored for enabling communications between the agent and the I/O controller; and

    a network diagnostics manager configured for periodically polling the agents and collecting the initiator event data from the plurality of servers to assist in determining root causes of network performance issues.

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