公开(公告)号：US06529978B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-04

申请号：US09511506

申请日：2000-02-23

申请人： Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  William Alan Thompson

发明人： Curtis Shannon Eide ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  William Alan Thompson

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： G06F13/124

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method to dynamically control the bindings between Input/Output Adaptors (IOA's) and Input/Output Processors (IOP's) in a hierarchical I/O interface of a computer, such that an IOA can be dynamically reassigned from one IOP to another IOP such that the latter IOP takes over management of data transfer between the processing complex of the computer and the IOA from the former IOP. At least partial system availability is maintained in the computer during dynamic reassignment to minimize system downtime and simplify maintenance operations on the computer.

摘要翻译： 一种用于动态地控制计算机的分层I / O接口中的输入/输出适配器（IOA）和输入/输出处理器（IOP）之间的绑定的装置，程序产品和方法，使得IOA可以从一个IOP动态地重新分配 使得后者IOP接管来自前者IOP的计算机的处理复合体和IOA之间的数据传输的管理。 在动态重新分配期间，至少部分系统可用性在计算机中保持最小化，以最大限度地减少系统停机时间并简化计算机上的维护操作。

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：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：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：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：US07398427B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-08

申请号：US10887524

申请日：2004-07-08

申请人： Richard Louis Arndt ,  Patrick Allen Buckland ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Steven Mark Thurber

发明人： Richard Louis Arndt ,  Patrick Allen Buckland ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Steven Mark Thurber

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2736

摘要： Method, apparatus and system for isolating input/output adapter error domains in a data processing system. Errors occurring in one input/output adapter are isolated from other input/output adapters of the data processing system by functionality in a host bridge that connects the input/output adapters to a system bus of the data processing system, thus permitting the use of low cost, industry standard switches and bridges external to the host bridge.

摘要翻译： 用于在数据处理系统中隔离输入/输出适配器错误域的方法，装置和系统。 在一个输入/输出适配器中发生的错误与数据处理系统的其他输入/输出适配器隔离，主机桥中的功能将输入/输出适配器连接到数据处理系统的系统总线，从而允许使用低 成本，行业标准交换机和主桥外部的桥梁。

公开(公告)号：US06976100B2

公开(公告)日：2005-12-13

申请号：US10424198

申请日：2003-04-25

申请人： Shelly Marie Dirstine ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： Shelly Marie Dirstine ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/546 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F2209/548

摘要： Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for communicating with an I/O processor (IOP) are provided. Polling of message queue pointers is utilized to detect the occurrence of certain message queue related events, rather than rely on interrupts generated by the IOP. The polling may decrease the disruptive effects of IOP generated interrupts. In an effort to minimize the latency associated with detecting IOP related events, the polling may be initiated frequently by an operating system task dispatcher. In an effort to minimize context switches, the task dispatcher may schedule the processing of upstream messages detected while polling to coincide with naturally occurring task swaps.

摘要翻译： 提供了与I / O处理器（IOP）通信的方法，系统和制品。 消息队列指针的轮询用于检测某些消息队列相关事件的发生，而不是依赖于IOP生成的中断。 轮询可能会减少IOP产生的中断的破坏性影响。 为了最小化与检测IOP相关事件相关联的延迟，轮询可以由操作系统任务分派器频繁地启动。 为了最小化上下文切换，任务调度器可以调度在轮询期间检测到的上行消息的处理以与自然发生的任务交换重合。

公开(公告)号：US06662242B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-09

申请号：US09836139

申请日：2001-04-17

申请人： Wayne Gustav Holm ,  Robert Lowell Holtorf ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Allan Henry Trautman

发明人： Wayne Gustav Holm ,  Robert Lowell Holtorf ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Allan Henry Trautman

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： G06F12/0684 ,  G06F13/4004 ,  G06F2213/0024

摘要： A method, which may be embodied upon a computer readable medium and executed by a processor, for PCI IO using PCI device memory mapping in a logically partitioned system. The method may include the steps of detecting PCI devices in a bus walk initialization process, and associating a pseudonym address range with each PCI device detected in the bus walk initialization process. The method may further include updating PCI device IO resources for each PCI device detected with the associated pseudonym address range, and accessing the detected PCI devices with a device driver using the pseudonym address range stored in the PCI device IO resources.

公开(公告)号：US6073253A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-06

申请号：US995075

申请日：1997-12-19

申请人： Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Shawn Michael Lambeth ,  Paul Edward Movall ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Paul John Johnsen ,  Thomas Rembert Sand

发明人： Gregory Michael Nordstrom ,  Shawn Michael Lambeth ,  Paul Edward Movall ,  Daniel Frank Moertl ,  Charles Scott Graham ,  Paul John Johnsen ,  Thomas Rembert Sand

IPC分类号： G06F1/24 ,  G06F11/267 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/267 ,  G06F1/24

摘要： An apparatus, system and method permitting a variety of reset procedures and corresponding reset states. A device reset control register is provided for each I/O device adapter in single function or multifunction devices. The device reset control registers permit a greater degree of control over single function devices, multifunction device as a whole and individual device functions within a multifunction device. A device immediate status register synchronizes the various reset procedures. A logical power on reset procedure, a directed unit reset procedure and a directed interface reset procedure utilize the greater degree of control that the device reset control registers provide to force the I/O device adapter, single function device or multifunction device into a corresponding logical power on reset state, a directed unit reset state or a directed interface reset state. Each of these reset states is well-defined and has the advantage of predictable behavior during and after execution of the corresponding reset procedure. A built-in self-test procedure is also defined that sequentially examines each function associated within a multifunction device connected to the local bus to coordinate the initiation, execution and completion of built in self-tests.

摘要翻译： 允许各种复位过程和相应复位状态的装置，系统和方法。 为单个功能或多功能设备中的每个I / O设备适配器提供器件复位控制寄存器。 器件复位控制寄存器允许对单个功能器件，多功能器件作为一个整体进行更大程度的控制，以及多功能器件中的各个器件功能。 设备立即状态寄存器可以同步各种复位过程。 逻辑上电复位程序，有向单元复位程序和定向接口复位程序利用设备复位控制寄存器提供的更大程度的控制力将I / O设备适配器，单功能设备或多功能设备强制为相应的逻辑 上电复位状态，定向单元复位状态或定向接口复位状态。 这些复位状态中的每一个都被明确定义，并且具有在执行相应的复位过程期间和之后可预测的行为的优点。 还定义了一个内置的自检程序，依次检查连接到本地总线的多功能设备中相关联的每个功能，以协调内置自检的启动，执行和完成。