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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Amir Beygi, San Jose, CA (US);
Jimmy Lau, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ramdas P. Kachare, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A multiple function storage device is disclosed. The multiple function storage device may include an enclosure, a storage device associated with the enclosure, and an bridging device associated with the enclosure. The storage device may include a connector to receive a first message using a first protocol originating at a host, a physical function (PF) and a virtual function (VF) exposed by the storage device via the connector, storage for data relating to the first message, and a controller to manage writing a write data to the storage and reading a read data from the storage. The bridging device may include an embedded network interface controller (eNIC) to receive a second message using a second protocol from the host, a write buffer to store the write data to be written to the storage device by the host, a read buffer to store the read data to be read from the storage device for the host, a bridge circuit to translate the second message using the second protocol into the first message using the first protocol, and a root port to identify the storage device and to transmit the first message to the VF. The bridging device may be configured to map the host to the VF.