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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
David T. Uddenberg, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Mark Slutz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian J. Varney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David T. Uddenberg, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Mark Slutz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian J. Varney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and structures within a SAS expander for testing SAS devices and other SAS expanders in the SAS domain. Testing devices and expanders in the domain by operations performed within a SAS expander in the domain relieves the burden of such processing in attached host systems and adds flexibility for scheduling processing for test operation of devices and expanders in the domain. In one aspect hereof, the testing may be performed by a master SAS expander configured in the domain. The SAS expander may initiate testing of devices following completion of the SAS discovery process. Testing may also be initiated in response to events in the SAS domain not typically detected by attached host systems.