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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Satya Nishtala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Luca Cafiero, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Satya Nishtala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Luca Cafiero, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes defining a plurality of virtual drives in a physical drive in communication with a plurality of servers, assigning virtualization parameters to each of the virtual drives, and communicating the virtualization parameters to a drive manager located at the physical drive and operable to configure the virtual drives on the physical drive. An apparatus is also disclosed.