Patent ID: 8650300

Claim:
A computer program product for managing at least two physical links, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable storage devices having program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions comprising: program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to configure a first interface with attributes; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to activate the first interface; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to detect a channel path identifier (CHPID); program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to create a second interface; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to associate the second interface with the first interface, wherein the first interface and the second interface are logically linked to exchange traffic corresponding to a single internet protocol address; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to configure the second interface with at least one attribute; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to copy configured attributes of the first interface to the second interface, wherein the first interface is a logical Ethernet interface and the second interface is a logical HiperSockets interface, responsive to detecting the channel path identifier; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to activate the second interface.