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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Brett A. Penny, Milpitas, CA (US);
Neil A. Clarkson, Newbury, GB;
Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA (US);
Brett A. Penny, Milpitas, CA (US);
Neil A. Clarkson, Newbury, GB;
Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA (US);
BlueArc UK Limited, Bracknell, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A network-attached system, device, and method supports storage devices having a plurality of storage device types, such as Fibre Channel storage devices, ATA storage devices, serial attached SCSI storage devices, serial ATA storage devices, and solid stage storage devices. Each storage device having a different storage device type is associated with a set of management rules. The management rules may includes rules for such things as identifying the dedicated storage device, configuring the dedicated storage device, sending disk protocol messages to the dedicated storage device, handling disk protocol message received from the dedicated storage device, and handling error and exception conditions.