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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Niall Seamus Mcdonnell, Portland, OR (US);
David Aaron Crowther, Aloha, OR (US);
Daniel Edwin Bame, Beaverton, OR (US);
Robert Ray Wood, Gaston, OR (US);
Niall Seamus McDonnell, Portland, OR (US);
David Aaron Crowther, Aloha, OR (US);
Daniel Edwin Bame, Beaverton, OR (US);
Robert Ray Wood, Gaston, OR (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A media area network includes a storage system having at least one storage device for storing digitized information. A host bus adapter provides a link between the storage system and a host system that provides overall control of the media area network. Within the host bus adapter, a lower-level port driver monitors communications between the storage system and the host bus adapter. In the event of a communications failure, the lower-level port driver initiates switching from a failed port to an alternative port, thereby achieving fail-over recovery. Allocating the responsibility for fail-over recovery to the lower-level port driver assures timely handling of port failures, thereby reducing potential latency delays.
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