Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Storage-system-based driver distribution apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 基于存储系统的驱动分配装置和方法
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Application No.: US12684938Application Date: 2010-01-09
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Publication No.: US08978044B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Juan Alonso Coronado , Mark Sean Fleming , Lisa R Martinez
- Applicant: Juan Alonso Coronado , Mark Sean Fleming , Lisa R Martinez
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Nelson and Nelson
- Agent Daniel P. Nelson; Alexis V. Nelson
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46 ; G06F7/00 ; G06F9/44 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A method for distributing drivers from a storage system to one or more host systems includes maintaining, in a storage system, a driver database containing drivers for different host systems. The drivers enable the different host systems to effectively communicate with the storage system. The method further determines whether a specific host system is configured with an appropriate driver. In the event the specific host system is not configured with the appropriate driver, the method retrieves the appropriate driver from the driver database. The method then transmits the appropriate driver from the storage system to the specific host system for installation thereon. By using the storage system as a central repository for the latest device drivers, the method ensures that connected host systems are always configured with the latest drivers. A corresponding apparatus, system, and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110173639A1 STORAGE-SYSTEM-BASED DRIVER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-07-14
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