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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Chaitanya Nulkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dave Wong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chaitanya Nulkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dave Wong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for creating and tracking intelligent unique identifications for memory devices is disclosed. Each memory device includes stored configuration information having a plurality of fields. A storage operating system selectively creates an intelligent unique identification for each memory device in the storage system using the fields in the stored configuration information. The intelligent unique identification may then be stored for tracking and later retrieval.