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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
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 automatically managing phys of a data storage target device by a controller of the data storage device across a link reset includes transmitting a common target phy address for a plurality of target phys during a first link reset, storing the common target phy address in a non-volatile memory of the data storage device, resetting the target phys, and transmitting the stored common target phy address for the plurality of target phys during a second link reset. In another embodiment, a method of automatically managing phys of a data storage target device by a controller of the data storage device includes matching a received host address for a plurality of target phys and configuring the plurality of target phys into a wide port for the plurality of target phys with the matched received host address.