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Kickstart discovery controller connection command

US11489921B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Erik P. Smith · Douglas, US
Joseph LaSalle White · San Jose, US
Pawan Kumar Singal · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2021
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/4541
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS)-based pull registration systems and methods facilitate discovery in communication networks, such as Storage Area Networks (SANs) that operate in non-volatile memory express over Fabric (NVMe-oF) environments. In various embodiments, this is accomplished by allowing a network entity (e.g., a Centralized Discovery Controller (CDC)) to use a pull registration to exchange discovery information with a storage subsystem (e.g., a storage array), advantageously, without requiring storage subsystem to possess complex functionalities present in existing designs.

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