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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tatsuhiko Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 ; G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 ; G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
When it is determined in a disk replacement determining section that a disk has been replaced during system operation, a reference disk device is selected by a reference disk selecting section from disk devices other than a disk device having been replaced. The firmware (firmware storing area) of the reference disk device is copied into the replaced disk device.