Patent ID: 6671733
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computer network environment having a plurality of nodes, interface links and at least one central electronic complex divided into one or more physical and or virtual sub-environments, a method of affecting connectivity comprising the steps of:providing a first control program and a second control program in said central electronic complex; establishing a first command process layer and a first transfer process layer within said first control program, and a second command process layer and a second transfer process layer within said second control program; linking said first command process layer to said first transfer process layer in said first control program; linking said second command process layer to said second transfer layer in said second control program; emulating an internal channel link between said first transfer process layer and said second transfer process layer; and providing a physical interface between said first transfer process layer and said second transfer process layer without affecting any logical interfaces between said transfer process layers.