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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Sivaraj Velusamy, Erode, IN;
Vithya Kannappan, Bangalore, IN;
Narendhiran Chinnaanangur Ravimohan, Bangalore, IN;
Muralitharan Jayaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage system and method for executing file-based firmware commands and collecting response data are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive a request from a host in communication with the storage system to write data in a file, wherein the file is identified by a file path name; determine whether the file path name matches a predetermined file path name; in response to determining that the file path name does not match the predetermined file path name, write the data in the file; and in response to determining that the file path name matches the predetermined file path name, execute a command represented by the data. Other embodiments are provided.