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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Qlogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shishir Shah, Irvine, CA (US);
Ajmer Singh, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Charles Micalizzi, Jr., Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Sudhir T. Ponnachana, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adapter for processing requests from a computing device is provided. The adapter includes a processor executing: a storage protocol driver for interfacing with a storage protocol controller that communicates with a storage device of a storage area network (SAN) via a port for providing SAN connectivity to the adapter; and a storage driver for interfacing with a solid state storage device managed by the adapter and available to the computing device as a local caching device.