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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Santosh Gore, Bangalore, IN;
Sujit Jadhav, Bangalore, IN;
Raveendra Madala, Bangalore, IN;
Anusha Bhaskar, Bangalore, IN;
Muniswamy Setty K S, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 9/44589 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for managing distributed data storage drives is disclosed that includes a plurality of computing devices, a plurality of data storage devices and an update system configured to determine whether one of the plurality of storage devices is associated with one of the plurality of computing devices, and to implement a firmware update to the storage device only if the storage device is not associated with one of the plurality of computing devices.