Patent ID: 6330585
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A program storage device readable by a digital processing apparatus and tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus to perform method steps for transferring information in a network computing system environment having a main storage coupled to a channel subsystem with a plurality of serial channels in processing communication with a control unit coupled to an information transfer interface mechanism capable of connecting to one or more input/output devices, the method steps comprising:sending packets of data to and from said main storage concurrently;transferring operation of certain channel functions to said control unit so that a start command response or an end notification response is not required after each packet of data is sent;combining certain commands with associated data within one or more of said packets;transferring information using time division multiplexing; andinterleaving multiple starts each to a separate device on one serial channel by using multiplexing capability.