Patent ID: 6341308
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An input/output device information management method for a multi-computer system having a plurality of computers and a plurality of shared input/output devices, each of said shared input/output devices being coupled with at least two of said computers, said input/output device information management method comprising the steps of:storing only one configuration information for each of said shared input/output devices, in a shared storage area accessed by, and connected to, the plurality of computers; and referring to said one configuration information for each of said shared input/output devices stored in said shared storage area to select at least one of said shared input/output devices that adapted the requirement of the computers, wherein said one configuration information for each of said shared input/out devices includes an information part and a connection information part for the input/output device, and said computers access the input/output device by referring to the configuration information.