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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Toshikatsu Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Kenji Oonabe, Odawara, JP;
Inventors:
Toshikatsu Nakamura, Odawara, JP;
Kenji Oonabe, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk array device having a dual controller for executing data input/output processing for disk drives in response to a data input/output request from a host computer. Each controller constituting the dual controller has an FC controller which is interface-connected to the host computer via one path of a front interface connection FC and to the disk drives via one path of a back interface connection FC, and a PBC for switching the connection destination of the back interface connection FC between the two FC-ALs loop-connected to the disk drives.