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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nghiep Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Tuan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Chan Ng, San Jose, CA (US);
James L. Cihla, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/0813 (2016.01); G06F 12/0862 (2016.01); G06F 12/0866 (2016.01); G06F 12/1081 (2016.01); G06F 12/126 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2013.01); G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 12/1081 (2013.01); G06F 12/126 (2013.01); G06F 2212/263 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a mechanism for fast routing of data in a Storage Area Network. A protocol interface module (PIM) interfaces with outside networks and the storage devices, such as over fiber channel (FC). The PIM encapsulates received data into a streaming protocol, enabling storage processors to direct data to/from the appropriate physical disk in a similar manner to the directing of network messages over the Internet or other network.