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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Tony G. Kwan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yafu J. Ding, Milpitas, CA (US);
Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for establishing a communication link between a client computer and a peripheral device that is remotely networked to the client computer. The system includes a translation adapter that is networked with the client computer through a first network adapter of the translation adapter. The translation adapter includes a SCSI controller that connects to the peripheral device. The system also includes a SCSI-to-TCP/IP driver that is loaded on the client computer and is configured to detect when the translation adapter is networked to the client computer, and is further configured to generate a TCP/IP packet. In addition, the system includes a second network adapter that is connected to the client computer and configured to receive the TCP/IP packet that is generated by the SCSI-to-TCP/IP driver. The second network adapter is further configured to transmit the TCP/IP packet to the first network adapter of the translation adapter, and the translation adapter is configured to translate the TCP/IP packet into a SCSI command that is communicated to the peripheral device that is connected to the translation adapter.