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

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying, in a multi-component system, a first component with an unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version;
implementing a plurality of predetermined compatibility tests on the first component;
recording results of the plurality of compatibility tests in a predetermined database of records shared amongst the multi-component system;
in response to a determination that a first of the records indicates that the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version is compatible with the multi-component system, performing data processing between the first component and a second component;
receiving priority information that specifies a priority of capabilities of components of the multi-component system; and
issuing a notification to update capabilities of a third component of the multi-component system in response to a determination that the third component does not satisfy an associated priority of capabilities of the third component.