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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Subramaniyam Pooni, Ventura, CA (US);
Vijay Srinath, Bangalore, IN;
Vikram Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Rajkumar Mangalore, Bangalore, IN;
Subramaniyam Pooni, Ventura, CA (US);
Vijay Srinath, Bangalore, IN;
Vikram Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Rajkumar Mangalore, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The method and apparatus is utilized in order to generate a persistent path to a SCSI device for a host. In an embodiment, a SCSI device is queried for path information related thereto, and if path information is returned, a SCSI command requesting identifier data is issued to the SCSI device. The identifier data is used to determine a unique identifier (UID), from which is generated a UID-based device file for the SCSI device that is independent from the path information.