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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shishir C. Shah, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas W. Thompson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
David K. Wagner, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
QLogic Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ; G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for transferring storage data and network data using the same interface circuit. Storage data is transferred from an upper layer storage driver to a lower layer storage driver. Network data is transferred from a network driver to the lower layer storage drive. The storage data and the network data are transferred to a communications link interface circuit, wherein the storage data is transferred using a storage protocol and the network data is transferred using a network protocol.