Patent ID: 7930600

Claim:
A method for verifying predefined connectivity for I/O devices, the method comprising: gathering current predefined logical connection data associated with an information processing system; analyzing a current state of the information processing system; determining, based on the analyzing, that the current state of the information processing system indicates that the information processing system is in a state where physical connectivity information can be gathered; gathering, in response to the determining, actual physical connection data associated with the information processing system; formatting the predefined logical connection data and the actual physical connection data into a plurality of sortable tables, wherein at least a portion of the predefined logical connection data is formatted into a predefined channels table and at least a portion of the actual physical connection data is formatted into a node information table; comparing, in response to the formatting, the portion of the predefined logical connection data in the predefined channels table with the portion of the actual physical connection data in the node information table; determining, based on the comparing, if the portion of the predefined logical connection data substantially matches the portion of the actual physical connection data; and displaying, in response to the determining, at least one predefined logical connection that is associated with predefined logical connection data that: i) fails to substantially match the actual physical connection data to a user and/or ii) substantially matches the actual physical connection data to a user.