Managing Stability Of A Link Coupling An Adapter Of A Computing System To A Port Of A Networking Device For In-Band Data Communications

An apparatus for managing stability of a link coupling an adapter of a computing system to a port of a networking device for in-band data communications, the adapter and the network device coupled for out-of-band data communications to a management module, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

• monitoring, by the management module, link health including retrieving adapter link statistics from the adapter and networking device link statistics from the networking device;
• determining, in dependence upon the adapter link statistics and the networking device link statistics, whether the link health meets predefined health acceptability criteria;
• if the link health does not meet predefined health acceptability criteria, instructing, by the management module, the adapter to execute one or more predefined corrective actions;
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• responsive to the management module's instruction, executing, by the adapter, the one or more predefined corrective actions.

A computer program product managing stability of a link coupling an adapter of a computing system to a port of a networking device for in-band data communications, the adapter and the network device coupled for out-of-band data communications to a management module, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:

• monitoring, by the management module, link health including retrieving adapter link statistics from the adapter and networking device link statistics from the networking device;
• determining, in dependence upon the adapter link statistics and the networking device link statistics, whether the link health meets predefined health acceptability criteria;
• if the link health does not meet predefined health acceptability criteria, instructing, by the management module, the adapter to execute one or more predefined corrective actions;
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• responsive to the management module's instruction, executing, by the adapter, the one or more predefined corrective actions.