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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Darin Edward Gerhart, Oronoco, MN (US);
Nicholas Edward Ortmeier, Rochester, MN (US);
Xin Chen, Rochester, MN (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to managing phys of a data storage target device. In one embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes waiting to receive a host address on a target phy and transmitting a target phy address for the target phy after waiting to receive the host address on the target phy. In another embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes configuring a target port comprising a first target phy and reconfiguring the target port comprising a first target phy and a second target phy.