Patents by Inventor Patricia G. Driever
Patricia G. Driever has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9552218Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a load balancing IHS. A load balancing tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The load balancing tool may utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to balance adapter loads in the load balancing IHS. The load balancing tool may also utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to failover from a failing adapter to other adapters in the load balancing IHS.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Patent number: 9495212Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a remote direct memory access (RDMA) enabled network interface controller (RNIC) converging IHS. An RNIC converging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The RNIC converging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the RNIC converging IHS to communicate over a network with RDMA protocols.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Patent number: 9473397Abstract: Provided are computer program product, system, and method for determining whether a short or long message format is used to communicate zone information in a network. One large zone is implemented for end devices coupled to ports of data forwarders. A first formatted zoning distribution message is generated for the data forwarders identifying the data forwarder and ports on the data forwarders in the one large zone in response to determining that the data forwarder supports the short message format. A second formatted zoning distribution message is generated identifying the data forwarder, the ports on the data forwarders, and additional fields of information on the ports not included in the first formatted zoning distribution message in response to determining that the data forwarder does not support the short message format; and sending the generated first formatted or second formatted zoning distribution message to the data forwarder.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patricia G. Driever, Roger G. Hathorn, Henry J. May, Daniel Sentler, Bharath B. Somayaji, Sudheer R. Yelanduru
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Patent number: 9467444Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a privileged network access (PNA) IHS. The PNA IHS may receive a privileged network access management (PNAM) database from a PNAM IHS via the administrative network. The PNA tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database and privileged network access information, including PNet IDs, from the PNAM database. The PNA tool may utilize the information, including PNet IDs, to enable the PNA IHS to limit access to privileged networks.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for bridging operations
Patent number: 9448958Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a bridging IHS. A bridging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The bridging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the bridging IHS to bridge networks internal to the bridging IHS with networks external to the bridging IHS.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O McAfee, Alexandra Winter -
Patent number: 9400670Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a load balancing IHS. A load balancing tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The load balancing tool may utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to balance adapter loads in the load balancing IHS. The load balancing tool may also utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to failover from a failing adapter to other adapters in the load balancing IHS.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for bridging operations
Patent number: 9372820Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a bridging IHS. A bridging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The bridging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the bridging IHS to bridge networks internal to the bridging IHS with networks external to the bridging IHS.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter -
Patent number: 9348649Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a remote direct memory access (RDMA) enabled network interface controller (RNIC) converging IHS. An RNIC converging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The RNIC converging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the RNIC converging IHS to communicate over a network with RDMA protocols.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Patent number: 9253016Abstract: An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ingo Adlung, Kimberly T. Bailey, Friedemann Baitinger, Patricia G. Driever, Jeffrey A. Frey, Lap T. Huynh, Constantinos Kassimis, Angelo Macchiano, Bruce Ratcliff, Jerry W. Stevens, Stephen R. Valley
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Patent number: 9253017Abstract: An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ingo Adlung, Kimberly T. Bailey, Friedemann Baitinger, Patricia G. Driever, Jeffrey A. Frey, Lap T. Huynh, Constantinos Kassimis, Angelo Macchiano, Bruce Ratcliff, Jerry W. Stevens, Stephen R. Valley
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Publication number: 20150341354Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a privileged network access (PNA) IHS. The PNA IHS may receive a privileged network access management (PNAM) database from a PNAM IHS via the administrative network. The PNA tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database and privileged network access information, including PNet IDs, from the PNAM database. The PNA tool may utilize the information, including PNet IDs, to enable the PNA IHS to limit access to privileged networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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NETWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING PHYSICAL NETWORK IDENTIFICATION FOR BRIDGING OPERATIONS
Publication number: 20150339251Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a bridging IHS. A bridging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The bridging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the bridging IHS to bridge networks internal to the bridging IHS with networks external to the bridging IHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter -
Publication number: 20150339151Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a load balancing IHS. A load balancing tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The load balancing tool may utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to balance adapter loads in the load balancing IHS. The load balancing tool may also utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to failover from a failing adapter to other adapters in the load balancing IHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O. McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Publication number: 20150339161Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a remote direct memory access (RDMA) enabled network interface controller (RNIC) converging IHS. An RNIC converging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The RNIC converging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the RNIC converging IHS to communicate over a network with RDMA protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Jerry W Stevens, Patricia G Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Gary O McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Patent number: 9106529Abstract: A Hardware Management Console (HMC) configures virtual networks. The HMC extends Internal Queued Direct I/O to an intra-ensemble data network (IEDN) within a cluster of virtual servers to define a single channel path identifier, and to define a channel parameter. The HMC defines at least one virtual network. The HMC defines a bridge port within each CPC that supports at least one of the virtual servers. The HMC defines a network interface for each virtual server within each cluster. The HMC grants access to a corresponding virtual network for each virtual server.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kimberly Tekavec Bailey, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, Angelo Macchiano, Sr., Gary Owen McAfee, Jerry W Stevens, Richard P Tarcza, Alexandra Winter
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Publication number: 20150222530Abstract: Provided are computer program product, system, and method for determining whether a short or long message format is used to communicate zone information in a network. One large zone is implemented for end devices coupled to ports of data forwarders. A first formatted zoning distribution message is generated for the data forwarders identifying the data forwarder and ports on the data forwarders in the one large zone in response to determining that the data forwarder supports the short message format. A second formatted zoning distribution message is generated identifying the data forwarder, the ports on the data forwarders, and additional fields of information on the ports not included in the first formatted zoning distribution message in response to determining that the data forwarder does not support the short message format; and sending the generated first formatted or second formatted zoning distribution message to the data forwarder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Patricia G. Driever, Roger G. Hathorn, Henry J. May, Daniel Sentler, Bharath B. Somayaji, Sudheer R. Yelanduru
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Patent number: 8972615Abstract: A computer program product is provided for performing: obtaining, by a channel subsystem, a transport command word (TCW) specified by an operating system, the TCW comprising an address of a transport services request block (TSRQB) and an address of a transport services response block (TSRSB); obtaining the TSRQB; building at least one command request based on the TSRQB, and sending the at least one command request from the channel subsystem to at least one network entity, the at least one command request including at least one of a fiber-channel generic services (FC-GS) request, a fiber-channel link services (FC-LS) request, and a fiber-channel link-level function (FC-SB) request; receiving a response to the at least one command request from the at least one network entity; and storing the response to the TSRSB based on the address of the TSRSB obtained from the TCW.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel F. Casper, Patricia G. Driever, John R. Flanagan, Louis W. Ricci, Gustav E. Sittmann, III
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Publication number: 20150026677Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a load balancing IHS. A load balancing tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The load balancing tool may utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to balance adapter loads in the load balancing IHS. The load balancing tool may also utilize the hardware configuration information to enable the load balancing IHS to failover from a failing adapter to other adapters in the load balancing IHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, JR., Gary Owen McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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Publication number: 20150026287Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a remote direct memory access (RDMA) enabled network interface controller (RNIC) converging IHS. An RNIC converging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The RNIC converging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the RNIC converging IHS to communicate over a network with RDMA protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, JR., Gary Owen McAfee, Alexandra Winter
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NETWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING PHYSICAL NETWORK IDENTIFICATION FOR BRIDGING OPERATIONS
Publication number: 20150026314Abstract: The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a bridging IHS. A bridging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The bridging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the bridging IHS to bridge networks internal to the bridging IHS with networks external to the bridging IHS.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Patricia G. Driever, Constantinos Kassimis, JR., Gary Owen McAfee, Alexandra Winter