System for forming an intelligent I/O (I2O)-aware device by connecting both a peripheral control connector having an I/O processor mounted and non-I2O device to same bus

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method, converts a conventional computer peripheral device, such as an I/O (input/output) subsystem into an I2O-aware device. An IOP mounted upon a connector card is connected to a computer bus to which the conventional computer peripheral device is connected. Once connected, the IOP, together with the conventional computer peripheral device form an I2O-aware device.