Patent ID: 7676609
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for non-disruptively removing one of multiple addresses registered in a fabric, said apparatus comprising: a port in said fabric receiving from a channel adapter, a logout command requesting said fabric to remove a given address; said fabric locating an address to be removed among the multiple addresses registered; said fabric changing a status of the address to be removed from active to removed; said port sending an accept from said fabric to the channel adapter indicating the requested given address to be removed has been removed, wherein the logout command includes an identification of a partition having the given address to be removed, and the fabric includes identifications of partitions associated with the registered multiple addresses; said fabric matching both the given address to be removed and the partition identification in the logout command to the address and associated partition identification registered in the fabric; and said port sending the accept from the fabric to the channel adapter only if both the given address and partition identification in the logout command match the address and associated partition identification registered in the fabric.