METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION USING A QUEUED DIRECT INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE

摘要

A method and an apparatus for providing configuration information without using a configuration file and using a Queued-Direct Input-Output device in a network computing environment having a plurality of hosts and at least one Gateway attachment and a channel interface. A set of special tables and commands at is provided at initialization time over the channel interface which in turn provides all configuration information. The information can be updated dynamically in these tables and for these commands at any time after initialization when information needs to be added, deleted or modified.