Patent ID: 11960389
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
cause, by the computer, a second component to implement a plurality of predetermined compatibility tests on a first component with an unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version, wherein the first component is identified by the second component in a multi-component system;
record, by the computer, results of the plurality of compatibility tests in a predetermined database of records shared amongst the multi-component system, wherein a record associated with the first component indicates a compatibility of the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version with the multi-component system;
in response to a determination that the record indicates that the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version is compatible with the multi-component system, perform, by the computer, data processing between the first component and a second component; and
in response to a determination that the record indicates that the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version is incompatible the multi-component system, issue, by the computer, a notification that details the incompatibility.