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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Saurabh Balkrishna Khanvilkar, Thane, IN;
Prasad Ramchandra Kadam, Pune, IN;
Mandar Dattatraya Joshi, Pune, IN;
Saurabh Balkrishna Khanvilkar, Thane, IN;
Prasad Ramchandra Kadam, Pune, IN;
Mandar Dattatraya Joshi, Pune, IN;
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage system comprising: a SCSI initiator being configured for receiving a data request and providing a SMP request corresponding to the data request, the SCSI initiator being further configured for encapsulating the SMP request into a first SCSI command; a SCSI target being configured for receiving the first SCSI command, the SCSI target being further configured for recognizing encapsulation of the SMP request and obtaining the SMP request from the first SCSI command; and an SMP target being configured for processing the SMP request and providing an SMP response to the SCSI target. The SCSI target being further configured for acknowledging the SCSI initiator upon reception of the SMP response; and the SCSI initiator being further configured for sending a second SCSI command to the SCSI target to retrieve the SMP response.