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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Applicant:
Marc Timothy Jones, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Marc Timothy Jones, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for simplification of the re-discovery process for initiators due to changes in the network. If an initiator subscribes to change reports from a SAS expander, when that SAS expander detects a change in the network, it sends an SMP command back to the initiator, indicating the specific change in the network. Initiator BCN management and re-discovery of the entire network is therefore avoided.