Patent ID: 7130929
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to configure (N) adapters interconnected to one of two or more buses disposed within a computer system, comprising the steps of: (a) discovering each of said (N) adapters; (b) sequentially pre-configuring each of said (N) adapters; (c1) generating (N) configuration threads, wherein the (i)th configuration thread comprises a series of computer steps to configure the (i)th adapter disposed within a data storage and retrieval system, wherein (i) is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than (N); (c2) simultaneously beginning to set device registers, load device parameters, and create interrupt vectors, for each of said (N) adapters using said (N) configuration threads; and (d) placing said computer system in a ready state.