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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Ian Robert Davies, Longmont, CO (US);
George Alexander Kalwitz, Mead, CO (US);
Victor Key Pecone, Lyons, CO (US);
Ian Robert Davies, Longmont, CO (US);
George Alexander Kalwitz, Mead, CO (US);
Victor Key Pecone, Lyons, CO (US);
Dot Hill Systems Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for transferring data within a network storage appliance is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a packet on an I/O link from a server to a first portion of a storage controller. Transmitting the packet on the I/O link is performed within a single blade module in a chassis enclosing the storage appliance. The method also includes forwarding a data transfer command within the packet from the first portion of the storage controller to a second portion of the storage controller. Forwarding the data transfer command is performed via a local bus on a backplane of the chassis through a connector of the blade connecting the blade to the backplane.