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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Brett J. Henning, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventor:
Brett J. Henning, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A SAS expander configured to operate as a SAS expander hub receives IO requests from a plurality of connected SAS expanders. Each SAS expander determines if it is capable of servicing a received IO request and sending such IO requests to the SAS expander hub if necessary. The SAS expander hub relays the IO requests to SAS expanders connected to data storage devices capable of servicing such IO requests.