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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Qlogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shishir Shah, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device that includes a storage protocol controller having a port for interfacing with a storage area network (SAN) based storage device and another network device operating within a cluster is provided. The network device also includes a processor executing instructions for managing a local storage device that is configured to operate as a caching device for a computing device. The network device is configured to operate as a host bus adapter and a storage controller for managing storage space at the local storage device and the SAN-based storage device.