Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for grouping multiple SAS expanders to form a single cohesive SAS expander
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Application No.: US15893871Application Date: 2018-02-12
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Publication No.: US10235319B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Jiashu Lin
- Applicant: Microsemi Solutions (U.S.), Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: Microsemi Solutions (U.S.), Inc.
- Current Assignee: Microsemi Solutions (U.S.), Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agency: Leber IP Law
- Agent David C. Robertson
- Priority: CN201510014436 20141230
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F13/42 ; G06F13/362
Abstract:
A SAS (Serial Attached SCSI or Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface) switch includes a master SAS expander and a multitude of slave expanders connected to the master SAS expander. Each slave expander has a distinct SAS address. The slave expanders are not directly connected to one another and communicate through the master expander. The SAS switch has a pair of SAS wide ports each having a multitude of SAS links each associated with one of the slave expanders. The slave expanders are configured to route SAS traffic in accordance with routing tables established by the master SAS expander. The master SAS expander is not directly connected to either of the SAS wide ports.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180165242A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING MULTIPLE SAS EXPANDERS TO FORM A SINGLE COHESIVE SAS EXPANDER Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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