Patent ID: 8265081
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data processing system comprising: a server; multiple partitions in said server; a fabric; a channel adapter communicating messages between the partitions and the fabric; said channel adapter sending multiple requests to the fabric for address identifications each to be assigned to a respective partition identified by a worldwide unique partition identifier, each request sent on behalf of a respective one of said partitions; said fabric assigning a unique address identification in response to each request, each address identification being associated with the respective partition on whose behalf the request was sent for effecting communication with the respective partition, said assigned address identification being previously unknown to the respective partition; a table in the fabric storing the worldwide unique partition identifiers and their corresponding addresses; and a transmitter in said fabric returning the assigned address identification for each request, such that when a message is sent from the fabric to a partition via said channel adapter the sender of the message sees multiple channels adapters corresponding to said multiple partitions and wherein multiple addresses are assigned to the same channel adapter as assigned for said multiple partitions.