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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Christopher J. Mulvey, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
William R. Tuccio, Sutton, MA (US);
Thomas Earl Linnell, Northborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A data storage system having a plurality of disk drives. Each one has a pair of ports. A pair of directors controls the flow of data to and from the disk drives. A first fiber channel port by-pass selector section is provided. The first fiber channel selector section includes: an input/output port coupled to a first one of the directors; and, a plurality of output/input ports connected between a first one of the ports of the plurality of disk drives through a first plurality of fiber channel links. The first fiber channel port by-pass selector section is adapted to couple the first one of the directors serially to one, or ones, of the first ports of the plurality of disk drives through a first fiber channel selectively in accordance with a control signal fed to the first fiber channel by-pass selector section. The first fiber channel includes one, or more, of the first plurality of fiber channel links. A second fiber channel port by-pass selector section is provided having an input/output port coupled to a second one of the directors and a plurality of output/ports serially connected between a second one of the pair of ports of the plurality of disk drives through a second plurality of fiber channel links. The second fiber channel port by-pass selector section is adapted to couple the second one of the directors serially to one, or ones, of the second ports of the plurality of disk drives through a second fiber channel selectively in accordance with the control signal. The second fiber channel includes one, or more, of the second plurality of fiber channel links.