Patent ID: 9246816
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product for testing a link between a selected adaptor and a linked adaptor each comprising one of a plurality of adaptors in network components linked in a network including a containing network component including the selected adaptor and a linked network component including the linked adaptor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving a congestion request for the selected adaptor at the containing network component, wherein the congestion request is to test the network by introducing congestion at the link between the selected adaptor and the linked adaptor; and in response to the received congestion request, delaying servicing the selected adaptor to introduce congestion on a link between the selected adaptor and the linked adaptor to cause congestion in the network to test how at least one of the network components handle errors resulting from the congestion.