Adaptec, Inc.

Ovh US LLC

Chidambara Rameshkumar

Ashwin Kamath

Michael Enz

Mark W Bradley

Jayaram Bhat

Paul J VonStamwitz

Kyle D Sterling

A storage target comprising a computer memory configured with storage provisioning parameters and a map of initiator information to the storage provisioning parameters. The storage target is configured to receive a discovery request from a requesting initiator, extract identifying information from the discovery request, determine a set of storage provisioning parameters to which the requesting initiator maps based on the extracted identifying information and the map of initiator information to storage provisioning parameters, dynamically create a new virtual target for the requesting initiator according to the set of storage provisioning parameters, dynamically create a storage partition from storage space of a plurality of storage devices according to the set of storage provisioning parameters, assign the storage partition to the new virtual target and return information about the new virtual target to the requesting initiator to allow the requesting initiator to connect to the new virtual target.

Target optimized auto provisioning of storage in a discoverable storage network

Disclosed is a computer implemented system, method and computer readable media for facilitating intelligent input/output (I,O) message communication between a host computer system and a silicon specific target device without implementing an input/output processor. The system is thus configured to make generic storage silicon appear as though it were an I,O capable device, without implementing an I/O processor and associated hardware. The system includes a block storage operating system module (OSM) for receiving a request from an operating system of the host computer system and generating an intelligent input/output message request. Also included is a host-resident intermediate service module driver (e.g., a RAID driver) for translating the intelligent input/output message request into a silicon specific request that is compatible with the silicon specific target device. Further included is a queue for holding the silicon specific request until the silicon specific target device pulls the silicon specific request from the queue via a PCI interface transport. In this implementation, the system also includes an exception handling operating system module (EOSM) driver that is in communication with the silicon specific target device and the block storage operating system module for efficiently handling event exceptions.

Intelligent input/output target device communication and exception handling

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Chidambara Rameshkumar