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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Myron D. Loewen, Berthoud, CO (US);
Andrew W. Morning-Smith, Vancouver, CA;
Anthony M. Constantine, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are apparatus, system, and method for positionally aware device management bus address assignment. A presence of a plurality of storage devices is detected on a bus. One of the storage devices detected on the bus is selected. A get identifier command is sent on the bus to all of the storage devices that is only responded to by the selected storage device. A unique identifier is received from the selected storage device over the bus. An address for the selected storage device is assigned and an entry is added to the address mapping to indicate the unique identifier, the assigned address, and a physical location indicator for the selected storage device.