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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
William Gavin Holland, Cary, NC (US);
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg Steven Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Gavin Holland, Cary, NC (US);
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg Steven Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of configuring a blade enclosure is provided in which, in a first step, slots are identified whose SAS connectors are to be connected to SAS device blades in a minimum capacity configuration. In a second step, slots are identified whose SAS connectors are to be connected to the SAS device blades in a maximum capacity configuration. A path is then established from the SAS switch to the SAS connector of each slot identified in either the first step or the second step. Blade devices, such as RAID controller blades and disk enclosure blades are installed in the identified slots. Thus, the SAS switch within the enclosure selectively and efficiently interfaces with a predetermined number of blade slots rather than with all slots.
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