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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Brian Gallagher, Southboro, MA (US);
Jeffrey Teachout, Upton, MA (US);
Thomas Linnell, Northboro, MA (US);
Bernard Warnakulasooriya, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Brian Gallagher, Southboro, MA (US);
Jeffrey Teachout, Upton, MA (US);
Thomas Linnell, Northboro, MA (US);
Bernard Warnakulasooriya, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A configurable fibre channel (FC) loop system is provided that may be used to couple mass storage devices to input/output (I/O) controllers in a data storage system. The system may include first and second port bypass systems (PBPS). Each PBPS may include FC protocol network sections having nodes that may be configured into different numbers of loops that may be used to couple the devices to the controllers.