公开(公告)号：US06279046B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-21

申请号：US09314187

申请日：1999-05-19

申请人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar

发明人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： G06F9/542 ,  G06F9/50

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method utilize an event-driven communications interface to support communications between multiple logical partitions in a logically-partitioned computer. The event-driven communications interface is at least partially disposed within a partition manager that is accessible to each of the logical partitions. Events are typically passed between logical partitions in the form of messages that are passed first from a source logical partition that initiates the event, through the partition manager, and then to a target logical partition to which the event is directed, while maintaining the independent address spaces associated with the logical partitions.

摘要翻译： 装置，程序产品和方法利用事件驱动通信接口来支持逻辑分区计算机中的多个逻辑分区之间的通信。 事件驱动的通信接口至少部分地设置在可由每个逻辑分区访问的分区管理器内。 事件通常以消息的形式在逻辑分区之间传递，该消息首先从通过分区管理器发起事件的源逻辑分区传递，然后传递到事件所针对的目标逻辑分区，同时保持独立地址 与逻辑分区关联的空间。

公开(公告)号：US07783807B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-24

申请号：US12098532

申请日：2008-04-07

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/4081 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the I/O slot from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an I/O slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that I/O slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

公开(公告)号：US07464209B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-09

申请号：US11374883

申请日：2006-03-14

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gergory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gergory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5011 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual PCI adaptor slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an PCI adaptor slot when transferring control of the PCI adaptor slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the PCI adaptor from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an PCI adaptor slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that PCI adaptor slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

摘要翻译： 优选实施例的资源和分区管理器包括锁定机构，其对控制对各个PCI适配器插槽的访问的多个锁操作。 当将PCI适配器插槽的控制转移到正在上电的逻辑分区以及从断电的逻辑分区中卸下PCI适配器时，资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制获得PCI适配器插槽上的锁定。 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制来消除对PCI适配器插槽的控制，或者将操作逻辑分区返回控制，以便于在该PCI适配器插槽或其所包含的物理机箱上的硬件服务操作。 。

公开(公告)号：US07085862B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-01

申请号：US10388087

申请日：2003-03-13

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/4406

摘要： A resource and partition manager includes a power on/power off mechanism that is used to assure a hardware resource is powered down when control of the resource is removed from a logical partition, and to assure the hardware resource is powered up when control of the hardware resource is transferred to a logical partition. In the alternative, the resource and partition manager may simply place the hardware resource in a power on reset state when the hardware resource is transferred to a logical partition. In this manner, when made available to a partition, the hardware resource is in a power-on reset state, which is the state typically expected by the logical partition.

摘要翻译： 资源和分区管理器包括上电/断电机制，用于确保当从逻辑分区移除资源的控制时硬件资源被断电，并且当控制硬件时确保硬件资源被加电 资源被传送到逻辑分区。 替代地，当硬件资源被传送到逻辑分区时，资源和分区管理器可以简单地将硬件资源置于上电复位状态。 以这种方式，当可用于分区时，硬件资源处于通电复位状态，这是逻辑分区通常预期的状态。

公开(公告)号：US07676618B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-09

申请号：US12098529

申请日：2008-04-07

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5011 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the I/O slot from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an I/O slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that I/O slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

摘要翻译： 优选实施例的资源和分区管理器包括对控制对各个I / O时隙的访问的多个锁操作的锁定机制。 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制在将I / O插槽的控制传输到上电的逻辑分区以及从逻辑分区卸下I / O插槽时，在I / O插槽上获取锁定 关机 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制来消除对操作逻辑分区的I / O插槽的控制或返回到操作逻辑分区的控制，以便于该I / O插槽或其上的物理机箱上的硬件服务操作 被包含

公开(公告)号：US07475218B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-06

申请号：US10624352

申请日：2003-07-22

申请人： Christopher Patrick Abbey ,  Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Christopher Patrick Abbey ,  Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/14 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F9/5061 ,  G06F9/468

摘要： A partition manager includes a resource detection mechanism that uses a persistent resource database to determine which resources were seen previously, and to determine which resources are required for a logical partition to start. Once all required resources for a logical partition are detected, the logical partition is started. In this manner, a logical partition may be started as soon as all of its resources are available, without waiting on the resources of other logical partitions. In addition, a missing required resource will prevent a logical partition from starting, thus avoiding the crash of a logical partition due to missing resources.

摘要翻译： 分区管理器包括资源检测机制，其使用持久性资源数据库来确定先前看到哪些资源，并确定逻辑分区启动所需的资源。 一旦检测到逻辑分区的所有必需资源，就启动逻辑分区。 以这种方式，一旦其所有资源可用就可以启动逻辑分区，而不等待其他逻辑分区的资源。 此外，缺少所需的资源将阻止逻辑分区启动，从而避免由于缺少资源而导致的逻辑分区崩溃。

公开(公告)号：US20080189462A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：US12098532

申请日：2008-04-07

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/14 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/4081 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the I/O slot from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an I/O slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that I/O slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

公开(公告)号：US20080189460A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：US12098529

申请日：2008-04-07

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gergory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gergory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F9/5011 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the I/O slot from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an I/O slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that I/O slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

摘要翻译： 优选实施例的资源和分区管理器包括对控制对各个I / O时隙的访问的多个锁操作的锁定机制。 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制在将I / O插槽的控制传输到上电的逻辑分区以及从逻辑分区卸下I / O插槽时，在I / O插槽上获取锁定 关机 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制来消除对操作逻辑分区的I / O插槽的控制或返回到操作逻辑分区的控制，以便于该I / O插槽或其上的物理机箱上的硬件服务操作 被包含

公开(公告)号：US07073002B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：US10388350

申请日：2003-03-13

申请人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Troy David Armstrong ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5011 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual hardware resources. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on a hardware resource when transferring control of the hardware resource to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the hardware resource from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of a hardware resource from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that hardware resource or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained.

摘要翻译： 优选实施例的资源和分区管理器包括对控制对各个硬件资源的访问的多个锁操作的锁定机制。 资源和分区管理器在将硬件资源的控制转移到正在上电的逻辑分区以及从正在关闭的逻辑分区中删除硬件资源时，使用锁机制来获取硬件资源上的锁定。 资源和分区管理器使用锁定机制来从硬件资源或操作逻辑分区的控制中移除硬件资源的控制，以便于硬件资源或其所包含的物理外壳上的硬件服务操作。

公开(公告)号：US08108196B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12174954

申请日：2008-07-17

申请人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Chris Francois ,  Naresh Nayer

发明人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Chris Francois ,  Naresh Nayer

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F13/10 ,  G06F13/12

CPC分类号： G06F9/4843 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F9/5077

摘要： An apparatus and program product for coordinating the distribution of CPUs as among logically-partitioned virtual processors. A virtual processor may yield a CPU to precipitate an occurrence upon which its own execution may be predicated. As such, program code may dispatch the surrendered CPU to a designated virtual processor.

摘要翻译： 一种用于协调CPU分配在逻辑分区虚拟处理器之间的设备和程序产品。 虚拟处理器可能会产生一个CPU来沉淀其本身可执行的事件。 因此，程序代码可以将投降的CPU分派到指定的虚拟处理器。