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公开(公告)号:AT430436T
公开(公告)日:2009-05-15
申请号:AT06708782
申请日:2006-03-16
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: ADLUNG INGO , BANZHAF GERHARD , MUELLER STEFAN , BRICE JR FRANK , FRAZIER GILES , SRIKRISHNAN JAYA
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system for managing virtual instances of a physical port attached to a network. The method is based on the Fiber Channel N_Port virtualization for a physical Fiber Channel N_Port. Multiple virtual Fiber Channel adapters share a single physical N_Port among multiple operating system instances. The invention discloses means for the automatic and persistent generation and administration of unique Worldwide Port Names needed for the N_Port virtualization.