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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2014
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Monji, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Eguchi, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Starting a host computer and a high-speed data transfer achieved by NVMe are both realized. When the host computer is started and a command for instructing to read an OS in accordance with a specific protocol is issued from the host computer via a host-side bus to a specific function from among a plurality of functions, an interface device issues to a controller a request for instructing to read the OS and transfers the OS read by the controller to the host computer. When an NVMe command for instructing an I/O for the controller in accordance with an NVMe protocol is issued from the host computer via the host-side bus to an NVMe function from among a plurality of functions after the host computer is started, the interface device issues to the controller an I/O request based on the NVMe command.