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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Parag Maharana, Fremont, CA (US);
Basavaraj Hallyal, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Parag Maharana, Fremont, CA (US);
Basavaraj Hallyal, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for supporting an alternative peer-to-peer communication over a network in a SAS cluster when a node cannot communicate with another node through a normal I/O bus (Serial SCSI bus). At startup, driver may establish the alternative path for communication but may not use it as long as there is an I/O Path available. In the present invention, two types of P2P calls, such as event notification calls and cluster operation calls may be supported.