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Method and apparatus for transfer of information using optical fiber connections

  • US 6,338,083 B1
  • Filed: 08/20/1999
  • Issued: 01/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for transferring information in a network computing system environment having a main storage coupled to a channel subsystem with a plurality of channels in processing communication with at least one control unit capable of coupling to a plurality of input/output devices, comprising:

  • a transmitter/receiver in said channel subsystem concurrently sending packets of data to and from said main storage;

    a dispatcher in said channel subsystem transferring operation of certain channel functions to said control unit so that each command does not require a command response or an end notification response, combining commands with associated data within one or more of said data packets; and

    , a receiver in said control unit for receiving said combined commands with associated data transferred from said dispatcher.

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