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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Michael G. Myrah, Tomball, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Houston, TX (US);
Michael G. Myrah, Tomball, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method to zone data to a virtual machine, support information is exchanged between a physical controller and an expander, the support information comprising an indication of an ability of the physical controller and the expander to support thereon a set of virtual controllers and a set of virtual physical layers (virtual PHYs), respectively. In response to a positive indication sending a list of SAS addresses to the expander, a list of SAS addresses is sent to the expander. Then, a first SAS address of the list of SAS addresses is assigned to a first virtual PHY of the set of virtual PHYs, wherein the assigning is performed by the expander, and wherein the first virtual PHY at an assigned SAS address corresponds to a first virtual controller of the set of virtual controllers.