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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Jeffrey K. Whitt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Sreedeepti Reddy, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Edoardo Daelli, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Brandon L. Hunt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jeffrey K. Whitt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Sreedeepti Reddy, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Edoardo Daelli, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Brandon L. Hunt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting a failure in a serial topology. The method may comprise sending a predetermined pattern to a plurality of devices communicatively connected to an initiator in a serial topology; receiving a return result from each of the plurality of devices in response to the predetermined pattern; recognizing a problem associated with a particular device among the plurality of devices, the problem being recognized based on the return result from the particular device; sending a plurality of test patterns to the particular device; receiving a plurality of test results from the particular device in response to the plurality of test patterns; and determining a cause of the problem based on the plurality of test results, the cause of the problem being at least one of: a cable failure and a device failure.