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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
David Nevarez, Austin, TX (US);
James A. Pafumi, Leander, TX (US);
Veena Patwari, Austin, TX (US);
Morgan J. Rosas, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Vasu Vallabhaneni, Austin, TX (US);
David Nevarez, Austin, TX (US);
James A. Pafumi, Leander, TX (US);
Veena Patwari, Austin, TX (US);
Morgan J. Rosas, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Vasu Vallabhaneni, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for interfacing block storage devices is disclosed. The mechanism performs operations including receiving communications from an initiator at a block storage device interface, translating the received communications, transmitting the translated communications to a native storage device driver, forwarding the translated communication to a physical adapter, and controlling physical storage devices in response to the communications received from the initiator.