Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network storage target boot and network connectivity through a common network device
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Application No.: US13680844Application Date: 2012-11-19
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Publication No.: US08972710B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: David M. Lerner , Dave Matheny , Douglas D. Boom
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agent Christopher K. Gagne
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00 ; G06F15/16 ; G06F15/177 ; G06F13/14 ; G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F3/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130080605A1 NETWORK STORAGE TARGET BOOT AND NETWORK CONNECTIVITY THROUGH A COMMON NETWORK DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-03-28
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