METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A LOGICAL PATH BETWEEN SERVERS IN A COORDINATED TIMING NETWORK

摘要

A technique for establishing a logical path between two servers in a coordinated timing network of processing environment is provided. The technique includes the exchange of command and response message pairs by a server and an attached server, via a physical link. The server transmits a command message to an attached server to establish a server-time-protocol(STP) logical path and receives a response from the attached server. The technique also includes the server receiving a request transmitted by the attached server to establish an STP logical path to the server and transmitting a response to the attached server s request. A logical path between the server and the attached server is established if the attached server s response indicates that the server s request was accepted bythe attached server and if the server s response indicates that the attached server s request was accepted by the server.