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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2011
Curtis C. Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Robert C. Elliott, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Martin, Bath, GB;
Curtis C. Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Robert C. Elliott, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Martin, Bath, GB;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer readable medium for presenting unique Serial Attached Small computer system interface (SAS) target devices through a single target device. The method includes embedding a SAS protocol chip within an initiator-connectable device, the SAS protocol chip having storage for at least two SAS addresses and configured to select a single address, loading two or more SAS addresses into the SAS protocol chip, and mapping a respective SAS address to one of the unique target devices. The system includes a SAS protocol chip having storage for at least two SAS addresses and a method for selecting a single SAS address, and a processor unit connected to the SAS protocol chip by an interface bus, the processor configured to load two or more identifier addresses into the SAS protocol chip. The computer readable medium contains instructions that cause a processor to perform the described methods.