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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Shanghai, CN;
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Wei-Guo Zhao, Shanghai, TW;
INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A storage control device comprises storage control and memory modules coupled with each other. The memory module keeps a first Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) address. In one embodiment the memory module further keeps a firmware which the storage control module executes to invoke the first SAS address to facilitate data communication. To invoke the first SAS address, in one embodiment the storage control module fetches a bit string from the memory module. The bit string is written into a data structure that is returned to the storage control module when it is determined that the bit string is a SAS address. In one embodiment the memory module further keeps a configuration file which the storage control module invokes to operate. The configuration file comprises a second SAS address, which is not invoked by the storage control module unless the bit string is not a SAS address.