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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Lsi Corporation;
Shankar T. More, Pune, IN;
Vidyadhar C. Pinglikar, Pune, IN;
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for switching from an existing target end device to a next target end device in a multi-expander storage topology by using Fast Context Switching. The method enhances Fast Context Switching by allowing Fast Context Switching to reuse or extend part of an existing connection path to an end device directly attached to a remote expander. The method can include reusing or extending at least a partial path of an established connection between an initiator and the existing target end device for a connection between the initiator and the next target end device, whereby the existing target end device and the next target end device are locally attached to different expanders.