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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007

Filed:

May. 28, 2003
Applicants:

Brent C. Beardsley, Tucson, AZ (US);

Minh-ngoc Le Huynh, San Jose, CA (US);

William F. Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);

Satish Chandra Penmetsa, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard A. Schaeffer, Antioch, CA (US);

Kaukab Uddin, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brent C. Beardsley, Tucson, AZ (US);

Minh-Ngoc Le Huynh, San Jose, CA (US);

William F. Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);

Satish Chandra Penmetsa, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard A. Schaeffer, Antioch, CA (US);

Kaukab Uddin, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system Asynchronous events are returned from a target to an initiator in response to a Read Message from the initiator. The return status message may or may not be associated with a previously given command or Logical Unit (LUN).


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