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Title: Computer hardware fault administration

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1017167

Computer hardware fault administration carried out in a parallel computer, where the parallel computer includes a plurality of compute nodes. The compute nodes are coupled for data communications by at least two independent data communications networks, where each data communications network includes data communications links connected to the compute nodes. Typical embodiments carry out hardware fault administration by identifying a location of a defective link in the first data communications network of the parallel computer and routing communications data around the defective link through the second data communications network of the parallel computer.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
B519700
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,796,527
Application Number:
11/279,579
OSTI ID:
1017167
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

An Overview of the BlueGene/L Supercomputer conference January 2002