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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael E. Aho, Dong Chen, Noel A. Eisley, Thomas M. Gooding, Philip Heidelberger, Andrew T. Tauferner
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Calculating a checksum utilizing inactive networking components in a computing system, including: identifying, by a checksum distribution manager, an inactive networking component, wherein the inactive networking component includes a checksum calculation engine for computing a checksum; sending, to the inactive networking component by the checksum distribution manager, metadata describing a block of data to be transmitted by an active networking component; calculating, by the inactive networking component, a checksum for the block of data; transmitting, to the checksum distribution manager from the inactive networking component, the checksum for the block of data; and sending, by the active networking component, a data communications message that includes the block of data and the checksum for the block of data.
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An apparatus for calculating a checksum with inactive networking components in a computing system, 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 that, when executed by the computer processor, causes the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
A computer program product for calculating a checksum with inactive networking components in a computing system, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
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