Patent ID: 8327331
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying an input/output (I/O) hardware configuration, comprising: extracting data from an input/output configuration data set (IOCDS) for building a verification command, the IOCDS containing a plurality of hardware requirements that define at least a plurality of software devices associated with a logical control unit (LCU), a collection of characteristics for each of the plurality of software devices, and an indication as to whether one of the plurality of software devices is one of off-line and online at an initial program load (IPL); processing the verification command including a software device address range associated with the LCU of the I/O hardware configuration, the LCU utilizing a first logical path; comparing the software device address range utilizing the first logical path to the LCU with an existing software device address range utilizing at least one additional logical path to the LCU; and accepting the verification command if the software device address range and the existing software device address range match.