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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul Cashman, John Elliott, Robert Kubo, Gregg Lucas
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An apparatus to detect a fiber channel miscabling event includes a module configured to identify a connection made between first and second unlike devices in a fiber channel topology. If an unlike connection identified to have been made the module enables an upstream port of the second device, leaving a downstream port of the second device disabled. A method to detect a fiber channel miscabling event includes detecting a fiber channel cable connection configuration, determining whether a connection is made between first and second unlike fiber channel units, and enabling an upstream port of the second fiber channel unit while keeping a downstream port of the second fiber channel unit disabled if an unlike connection is determined to have been made.
An apparatus to detect a fibre channel miscabling event, comprising:
A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations to detect a fibre channel miscabling event, the operations comprising:
A method to detect a fibre channel miscabling event, the method comprising:
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