Olive Paige Faries

8065571, Nov 22, 2011

Oct 14, 2008

12/250605

Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Olive P. Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Michael E. Starling - Tucson AZ, US
David L. Binning - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11C 29/00
G01R 31/28
G01R 29/26
H04B 3/46
H04J 3/06

714715, 714712, 714741, 702 36, 375226, 375371, 370516

A tester that generates various data patterns to assure that link receivers and transmitters are functioning properly (i. e. , are functioning according to a relevant network specification) across the entire storage area network. In various embodiments, this tester may be used in Fibre Channel type SANs or in fiber connectivity (FICON) type SANs.

8549130, Oct 1, 2013

Dec 8, 2010

12/962856

Kevin D. Butt - Tucson AZ, US
Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Olive P. Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Laurence W. Holley - Tucson AZ, US
Nancy V. Ryson - Tucson AZ, US
Michael E. Starling - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel J. Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04L 12/56

709223, 709238, 370412, 370401

Exemplary method, system, and computer program embodiments for managing a network are provided. In one embodiment, at least one of an available plurality of network components is polled, including devices, hosts and virtual devices, an interconnected plurality of communication paths, and quality of service (QoS) information in a discovery process for network information. A graphical representation of the at least one of the available plurality of network components is created for presentation by a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user. Based on a selection of the user of at least one attribute of the at least one of the available plurality of network components as displayed by the GUI to the user, a zone is created for the at least one of the available plurality of network components.

8650291, Feb 11, 2014

Sep 12, 2011

13/230692

Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Olive P. Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Laurence W. Holley - Tucson AZ, US
Sheri L. Jackson - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/173

709224, 709223, 707708

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for best practices analysis of zones and components in a network. A database has information on components in the network and configuration settings for the components. Best practices rules indicate best practices configuration settings for components in the network. The database and the accessed best practices rules are processed to determine whether the configuration settings for the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules. A report is generated indicating whether the configuration settings of the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules.

20090296796, Dec 3, 2009

May 30, 2008

12/130265

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Olive Paige Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Starling - Tucson AZ, US
David L. Binning - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machine Corporation - Armonk NY

H04B 17/00
G06F 11/30

375226, 370241

A method and apparatus that is configured to issue an echo extended link service with a payload of data patterns that are known in the art of fibre channel to produce jitter. The inventive apparatus is configured to use an echo extended link service to send data with a specified data pattern. Failing data patterns are compared against data patterns that are known in the art of fibre channel to create jitter and the results may be presented to the user.

20120259971, Oct 11, 2012

Apr 7, 2011

13/081864

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Olive Paige Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Edward Starling - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 15/173

709224

Embodiments of the invention provide a method and corresponding computing device for testing network adapters. The computing device receives a network address for the network. The computing device identifies a device based on the network address, the device having a network adapter. Then the computing device identifies additional devices along a route to the device, each of the additional devices having a respective network adapter. The computing device sends one or more requests to each the network adapters. The computing device determines an indication of reliability of each of the network adapters based on handling of the requests by the network adapter. A network adapter may also maintain logic to test itself in another embodiment.

20130159481, Jun 20, 2013

Feb 8, 2013

13/762944

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY, US
Olive P. Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Laurence W. Holley - Tucson AZ, US
Sheri L. Jackson - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

H04L 12/24

709221

Provided is a method for best practices analysis of zones and components in a network. A database has information on components in the network and configuration settings for the components. Best practices rules indicate best practices configuration settings for components in the network. The database and the accessed best practices rules are processed to determine whether the configuration settings for the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules. A report is generated indicating whether the configuration settings of the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules.

20140095679, Apr 3, 2014

Dec 9, 2013

14/101318

- Armonk NY, US
Olive P. Faries - Tucson AZ, US
Laurence W. Holley - Tucson AZ, US
Sheri L. Jackson - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04L 12/24

709221

Provided is a method for best practices analysis of zones and components in a network. A database has information on components in the network and configuration settings for the components. Best practices rules indicate best practices configuration settings for components in the network. The database and the accessed best practices rules are processed to determine whether the configuration settings for the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules. A report is generated indicating whether the configuration settings of the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules.