Patent ID: 6389465
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
An automated processor implemented method for assigning an SNA logical unit type to an SNA logical unit, the SNA logical unit represented by an entry in a Gateway collection of entries in a Gateway, the Gateway collection to match a host collection of entries on a host computer, the host collection representing SNA logical units, the Gateway communicatively linked to an SNA network communicatively linked to the host computer, the automated processor implemented method comprising:sending a positive sense code in response to an Activate Logical Unit (ACTLU) Request Unit (RU) for the SNA logical unit, the SNA logical unit having an actual unit type; measuring time from the sending of the positive sense code; and if no Bind request for the SNA logical unit has been received within a predetermined amount of time from the time of the sending of the positive sense code, then assigning a predetermined SNA logical unit type to the SNA logical unit without having knowledge of the actual SNA logical unit type of the SNA logical unit.