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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4059 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and structure for emulating wide ports at an expander are provided. An exemplary system includes a Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) expander. The expander includes a plurality of physical links, and a controller. The controller is able to identify a physical link coupled with a device, to generate a plurality of virtual physical links that are configured as a virtual wide port coupled with the device, and to present the virtual wide port at the expander in place of the physical link.