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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Israel S. Dias, Cary, NC (US);
Paul J. Houlbrooke, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system includes multiple servers, each server including a host bus adapter (HBA) and multiple data storage devices. The system further includes a controller including a switch, wherein the switch has first ports and second ports, each first port being coupled to a HBA of one server, and each second port being coupled to one of the data storage devices, and wherein communications between any of the HBAs and any of the data storage devices are directed through the switch. A method is also provided including coupling multiple host bus adapters to first ports of a controller, wherein multiple servers each include one of the HBAs, coupling multiple data storage devices in each of the servers to second ports of the controller, and directing communications between any of the HBAs and any of the data storage devices through the controller.
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