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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Micalizzi, Jr., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Dharma R. Konda, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Chandru M. Sippy, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qlogic Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/312 ; G06F 1/328 ; G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/312 ; G06F 1/328 ; G06F 3/00 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
An input/output (I/O) host adapter in an I/O system processes I/O requests from a host system to a plurality of I/O devices. The host adapter includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O requests from host memory to adapter memory. The host adapter also includes a circuit to automatically transfer I/O responses from adapter memory to host memory.