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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:

International Busines Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Carlos D. Cavanna, Toronto, CA;

Rafael Velez, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Hamdi Roumani, Toronto, CA;

Zixi Gu, Mississauga, CA;

Jeffrey Bloom, Bellingham, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0626 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for providing a global unique identifier for a storage volume. Under control of a storage initiator, a Global Universally Unique Identifier (GUUID) is identified for a storage volume of a storage device in a cloud system storing a plurality of storage devices, wherein the GUUID is generated for use with an ATA over Ethernet (AoE) protocol. The GUUID is stored in bytes of a packet header structure. Metadata is stored in remaining portions of the packet header structure. A request with the packet header structure is sent to a storage target.


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