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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Qlogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/441 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 11/1415 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for a network device are provided. The network device includes a storage protocol controller having a port for interfacing with a storage area network (SAN) based storage device; a processor executing instructions for managing a local storage device that is configured to operate as a caching device for a computing device. The local storage device is used to store a recovery copy of an operating system of the computing device, where the recovery copy is accessible via a processor executable basic/input output (BIOS) utility.