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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Michael G Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Joseph David Black, Houston, TX (US);
Michael G Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Joseph David Black, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A SAS expander that includes a virtual device manager and a communications manager. The virtual device manager is to generate a virtual device table comprising virtual device PHYs associated with virtual device drivers for host device drivers to allow communication between the host device drivers. The communications manager is to receive a request from a first host device driver of a first host to communicate with a second host device driver of a second host, and in response to receipt of the request, establish communication between the first host device driver and a virtual device PHY associated with a virtual device driver of the second host device driver.