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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Stephen B. Johnson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stephen B. Johnson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for managing SAS zone group permission tables using associated version identifiers. Zone group permission tables of a SAS domain may have associated version identifiers, indicating a version of the zone group permission table. The version identifier may be used to determine whether the zone group permission table is the same as the current version for the SAS domain without comparing the contents of the zone group permission table with the contents of the current version. The version identifier may also be used for determining which of a plurality of zone group permission tables of the SAS domain is the current version if two or more SAS zoning expanders are storing different zone group permission tables.