Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting and configuring of external IO enclosure
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Application No.: US14549912Application Date: 2014-11-21
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Publication No.: US09697155B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Jesse P. Arroyo , Ellen M. Bauman , Curtis S. Eide , Christopher J. Engel , Gregory M. Nordstrom , Harald Pross , Thomas R. Sand , William A. Thompson
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Joan Pennington
- Main IPC: G06F13/362
- IPC: G06F13/362 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F13/42 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F9/44
Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product are provided for detecting and configuring an external input/output (IO) enclosure in a computer system. A PCIE Host Bridge (PHB) in a system unit is connected to a plurality of PCIE add-in card slots. One or more cables are connected between the PHB and the external enclosure. System firmware including detecting and configuring functions uses sideband structure for detecting a PCIE cable card and configuring the external input/output (IO) enclosure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160147697A1 DETECTING AND CONFIGURING OF EXTERNAL IO ENCLOSURE Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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