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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Mahmoud K. Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);
Britto Rossario, Bangalore, IN;
Senthil Kannan, Pondicherry, IN;
Ciril T. Ignatious, Bangalore, IN;
Mahmoud K. Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);
Britto Rossario, Bangalore, IN;
Senthil Kannan, Pondicherry, IN;
Ciril T. Ignatious, Bangalore, IN;
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first of a plurality of array modules and a second of a plurality of array modules. The first of the plurality of array modules may be configured to connect a first one or more of a plurality of host devices to a first one or more of a plurality of storage arrays. The first array module may comprise a primary controller and a secondary controller. The second of the plurality of array modules may be configured to connect a second one or more of the plurality of host devices to a second one or more of the plurality of storage arrays. The second array module may comprise a primary controller and a secondary controller. Control of access to the storage arrays may be transferred to the secondary controller of the first array module during a failure of the primary controller of the first array module.