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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Steven F. Faulhaber, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Joshua P. Sinykin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Matthew K. Freel, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Steven F. Faulhaber, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Joshua P. Sinykin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Matthew K. Freel, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for customizing information in a memory associated with a SAS host bus adapter ('HBA'). A SAS HBA typically includes a memory component that stores information common to all SAS HBA's manufactured by a particular vendor (e.g., common instructions and data). In addition, each HBA memory component typically includes some information unique to each HBA (e.g., board trace number, SAS address, configuration page, boot record, etc.). Features and aspects hereof permit pre-programmed memory components to be integrated with a SAS HBA to eliminate a step to program an assembled HBA through a specialized, one-time interaction to add required unique information. Thus a manufacturer may simply integrate a pre-programmed memory component to an otherwise completed HBA assembly to complete the product manufacturing without need for a special programming step. Or a design or test engineer may simply replace a memory component to change unique information on the HBA.