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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Naichih Chang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Pak-lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Naichih Chang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Pak-Lung Seto, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A bridge for translating a first storage protocol to a second protocol includes an affiliation manager. The affiliation manager accepts a connection from a host and establishes a connection between a device that uses the second protocol and the host that uses the second protocol. The affiliation manager monitors commands received from the host and responses received from the device on the connection. Upon detecting no pending commands for the device, the bridge may close the connection to the host if there is another host requesting a new connection to the device and establish the new connection between the device and the other host.