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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Methods and structure for enabling Fast Context Switching (FCS) among a plurality of FCS enhanced Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expanders of a SAS domain. The FCS enhanced SAS expander is further adapted to detect completion of utilization of the first connection that utilizes an upstream PHY and a downstream PHY of the expander. The expander is further adapted, responsive to detecting completion, to determine whether a second connection between the initiator device and a second target device could be established utilizing the existing coupling between the upstream PHY and the downstream PHY. The expander de-couples the upstream PHY from the downstream PHY within the expander in response to determining that the second connection does not utilize the existing coupling and maintains the existing coupling in response to determining that the second connection utilizes the coupling between the upstream PHY and the downstream PHY.
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