Patent ID: 9609065
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer program product for managing communications among a first adaptor and a second adaptor, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therein that is executed by a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: configuring configuration parameters in a memory for communication between the first adaptor implementing a first communication protocol and the second adaptor in a converged network protocol to indicate to the second adaptor that the converged network protocol is supported; receiving a packet at the first adaptor encoded in a second communication protocol directed to a third communication protocol network; forwarding the packet to the second adaptor and then to the third communication protocol network; receiving a command at the second adaptor, directed to the first adaptor, to implement a first function in the converged network protocol for communication between the first and second adaptors; determining a second function in the first communication protocol to implement the first function; and transmitting the second function to the first adaptor.