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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Bret S. Weber, Wichita, KS (US);
John V. Sherman, Derby, KS (US);
Bret S. Weber, Wichita, KS (US);
John V. Sherman, Derby, KS (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus capable of dual porting a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) disk drive in a fault tolerant communication system, such as fiber channel. The dual porting apparatus includes two idle regenerators coupled to two serial master devices, a synchronization logic capable of synchronizing the communications between one of the idle regenerators and a third idle regenerator coupled to the SATA disk drive. Furthermore the dual porting apparatus may include an auto detector capable of enabling either of the first two idle regenerators, thus effectively switching between the two.