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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

May. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vemuri Sai Krishna, Bangalore, IN;

Ragendra K. Mishra, Bangalore, IN;

Abhijit Rajkumar Khande, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor and a plurality of physical storage resources communicatively coupled to the processor via a bus, the plurality of physical storage resources configured to, in order to facilitate booting from a virtual logical unit spanning the plurality of physical storage resources: (i) after enumeration of the plurality of physical storage resources, construct the virtual logical unit based on metadata of the plurality of physical storage resources; and (ii) prior to construction of the virtual logical unit, respond to input/output commands from an operating system of the information handling system with data associated with a dummy logical unit or with an indication that the dummy logical unit is busy.


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