Mapping tool for configuring communications environments
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFriedrich W. Beichter, John J. Hughes, Ravi Ranjan, Charles E. Shapley, James R. Urquhart, Brian K. Zerba
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Abstract
Configuring of a communications environment is facilitated. A mapping tool is provided that aids in the configuring of various components of a communications environment, such as an input/output (I/O) subsystem of the environment. Data generated from an order process and a logical configuration definition are used as input to the mapping tool. The tool performs mapping and generates as output a physical configuration definition, and optionally, one or more reports. The mapping tool has a manual function, as well as an automatic function.
Claims10
A mapping tool comprising:
- a first input comprising one or more physical definitions, said one or more physical definitions comprising one or more physical identifiers of one or more resources of a machine being configured;
- a second input comprising one or more logical definitions, said one or more logical definitions comprising one or more logical identifiers of one or more resources of the machine;
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- mapping logic to map a physical identifier of the one or more physical identifiers to a logical identifier of the one or more logical identifiers, wherein the physical identifier is usable by hardware to identify a resource associated with the physical identifier and the logical identifier is usable by a program of the machine to identify the resource, and wherein the mapping is based on the physical structure of the machine being configured and on avoiding single points of failure or single points of repair.
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