Patent ID: 7826380
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to facilitate failure management, the apparatus comprising: a tracking module configured to store an adapter identifier in a tracking array, the tracking array tracking data received from one or more source adapters, the adapter identifier corresponding to a source adapter from which the received data originated, the adapter identifier associating the received data to the corresponding source adapter, the tracking array comprising a first adapter identifier field configured to store the adapter identifier and comprising a second adapter identifier field configured to store a second adapter identifier corresponding to a second source adapter from which data was received prior to the received data; the tracking module further configured to move the adapter identifier from the first adapter identifier field to the second adapter identifier field in anticipation of storage of an additional adapter identifier in the first adapter identifier field; and an error analysis module coupled to the tracking module, the error analysis module configured to determine a source of a data failure in response to recognition of the data failure, the error analysis module determining the source of a data failure based on an identified source identifier in the tracking array, wherein the identified source identifier corresponds to a source adapter from which the data failure originated, wherein all or a portion of the tracking module and the error analysis comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media.