Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for sharing storage resources
- Patent Title (中): 用于共享存储资源的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12271393Application Date: 2008-11-14
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Publication No.: US08595343B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Jacob Cherian , Don H. Walker
- Applicant: Jacob Cherian , Don H. Walker
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, LP
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Larson Newman, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
A network includes a management module with a first root complex, a first server with a first endpoint coupled to the first root complex, and a second server with a second root complex, a second endpoint coupled to the second root complex, a third endpoint coupled to the first root complex, and a bridge coupled to the second endpoint and to the third endpoint. A method includes discovering a PCIe host bridge adapter (PHBA) and a storage resource coupled to multiple storage extents in a PCIe domain, creating a first virtual function on the storage resource and sending a first identifier for the first virtual function to the PHBA. A network interface device includes a PCIe endpoint that is coupleable to a PCIe root complex, another PCIe endpoint that is coupleable to another PCIe root complex, and a bridge that couples the first PCIe endpoint with the second PCIe endpoint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100125653A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING STORAGE RESOURCES Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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