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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
James A. Rizzo, Austin, TX (US);
Basavaraj G. Hallyal, Fremont, CA (US);
Gerald E. Smith, Niwot, CO (US);
Adam Weiner, Henderson, NV (US);
Vinu Velayudhan, Fremont, CA (US);
James A. Rizzo, Austin, TX (US);
Basavaraj G. Hallyal, Fremont, CA (US);
Gerald E. Smith, Niwot, CO (US);
Adam Weiner, Henderson, NV (US);
Vinu Velayudhan, Fremont, CA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and system for implementing a clustered storage solution are provided. One embodiment is a storage controller that communicatively couples a host system with a storage device. The storage controller comprises an interface and a control unit. The interface is operable to communicate with the storage device. The control unit is operable to identify ownership information for a storage device, and to determine if the storage controller is authorized to access the storage device based on the ownership information. The storage controller is operable to indicate the existence of the storage device to the host system if the storage controller is authorized, and operable to hide the existence of the storage device from the host system if the storage controller is not authorized.