Patents by Inventor VENU G. POTLURI

VENU G. POTLURI 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).

  • Migrating a logical partition with a native logical port
    Patent number: 10579437
    Abstract: Migrating a logical partition with a native logical port including establishing in the target computing system a target VIOS that includes a virtual network interface controller (vNIC) server, the vNIC server of the target VIOS coupled for data communications to a first target virtual adapter; copying the logical partition including a vNIC client to the target computing system; starting the logical partition; establishing, by the vNIC client of the logical partition, data communications with the vNIC server of the target VIOS, including performing I/O data communications between the logical partition and the first target virtual adapter; establishing a second logical port in the logical partition on the target computing system, including coupling for I/O data communications the second logical port to a second target virtual adapter; and performing I/O data communications from the logical partition to the second target virtual adapter through the second logical port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Charles S. Graham, Yiwei Li, Raghavendra Malapati, Venu G. Potluri, Patricia Y. Wang
  • MIGRATING A LOGICAL PARTITION WITH A NATIVE LOGICAL PORT
    Publication number: 20190361751
    Abstract: Migrating a logical partition with a native logical port including establishing in the target computing system a target VIOS that includes a virtual network interface controller (vNIC) server, the vNIC server of the target VIOS coupled for data communications to a first target virtual adapter; copying the logical partition including a vNIC client to the target computing system; starting the logical partition; establishing, by the vNIC client of the logical partition, data communications with the vNIC server of the target VIOS, including performing I/O data communications between the logical partition and the first target virtual adapter; establishing a second logical port in the logical partition on the target computing system, including coupling for I/O data communications the second logical port to a second target virtual adapter; and performing I/O data communications from the logical partition to the second target virtual adapter through the second logical port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: PING CHEN, CHARLES S. GRAHAM, YIWEI LI, RAGHAVENDRA MALAPATI, VENU G. POTLURI, PATRICIA Y. WANG
  • MIGRATING A LOGICAL PARTITION WITH A NATIVE LOGICAL PORT
    Publication number: 20180157537
    Abstract: Migrating a logical partition with a native logical port including establishing in the target computing system a target VIOS that includes a virtual network interface controller (vNIC) server, the vNIC server of the target VIOS coupled for data communications to a first target virtual adapter; copying the logical partition including a vNIC client to the target computing system; starting the logical partition; establishing, by the vNIC client of the logical partition, data communications with the vNIC server of the target VIOS, including performing I/O data communications between the logical partition and the first target virtual adapter; establishing a second logical port in the logical partition on the target computing system, including coupling for I/O data communications the second logical port to a second target virtual adapter; and performing I/O data communications from the logical partition to the second target virtual adapter through the second logical port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: PING CHEN, CHARLES S. GRAHAM, YIWEI LI, RAGHAVENDRA MALAPATI, VENU G. POTLURI, PATRICIA Y. WANG