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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
John B. Haechten, Buda, TX (US);
Stephen G. Dale, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
John F. Tyndall, Austin, TX (US);
John B. Haechten, Buda, TX (US);
Stephen G. Dale, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
John F. Tyndall, Austin, TX (US);
Crossroads Systems, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a routing device for coordinating the interoperability of devices with varying capabilities that send and/or receive commands in a storage network are disclosed. A host device in the storage network may inquire the capabilities of a storage device in a storage network. A routing device may receive a response from the storage device and pass the response through to the host unaltered or may alter the response to reflect the higher or lower capabilities of the routing device before sending the response to the host.