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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1999
Truc M. Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jenwei Hsieh, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for indicating the availability of a controller channel are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a controller operable to manage an array of data storage devices. The devices may include, for example, disk drives with both read and write functionality. Preferably, the controller will have at least one channel, which may have both an internal and an external connector. The system may also include an indicator operable to indicate when a data storage device is attached to an internal connector of a given channel. As such, employing teachings of the present disclosure may allow a user to accurately and expeditiously determine whether a given controller channel is available.