Patent ID: 7793145
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying host-side cabling in a computer system, comprising: determining, by a first controller, an identifier associated with a host-side port connected to a first port of the first controller; determining, by a second controller, an identifier associated with a host-side port connected to a first port of the second controller; communicating, by the second controller to the first controller, the identifier associated with the host-side port connected to the first port of the second controller; comparing said determined identifiers to determine whether the identifier associated with the host-side port connected to the first port of said first controller is the same as the identifier associated with the host-side port connected to the first port of said second controller; and providing to a user, in response to said comparing, a signal indicating whether the connections to the first and second controllers have been properly completed; wherein said first port of said first controller and said first port of said second controller are connected to one another by port interconnect circuitry, and wherein said identifier determined for said host-side port connected to the first port of the first controller is not the same as the identifier determined for the host-side port connected to the first port of the second controller, the method further comprising: