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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Paul Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron L Jenkins, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul Miller, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron L Jenkins, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device to detect storage devices coupled to the device in response to receiving a query from a switch, include the storage devices in logical units, create virtual ports for the logical units, assign virtual addresses for the virtual ports, and send a response with the virtual addresses to switch.