Managing the state of coupling facility structures

• Main Authors: KURDT GEORGETTE L, JORDAN MICHAEL J, PUSHONG KELLY B, ELKO DAVID A, NICK JEFFREY M, GOSS STEVEN N, SURMAN DAVID H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.06.2006
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A coupling facility is coupled to one or more other coupling facilities via one or more peer links. The coupling of the facilities enables various functions to be supported, including the duplexing of structures of the coupling facilities. Duplexing is performed on a structure basis, and thus, a cou...