Method for configuring a composite drive for a disk drive array controller
US5511227A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0673
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for configuring at least one composite drive for a disk drive array controller. A disk drive array controller having a memory portion on which a list of composite drives which may be installed on a bus of a computer system is stored thereon is provided. A plurality of disk drives are then installed on the bus of the computer system. Each of the disk drives includes a user data region, a first portion of which contains a first field containing a composite drive ID number for a composite drive and a second field which indicates the total number of disk drives in the composite drive corresponding to the composite drive ID number and a second portion of which contains a position of the disk drive within the composite drive corresponding to the composite drive ID number. The composite drive ID for each of the disk drives is compared to the list of composite drives and a configuration is determined for each listed composite drive which matches at least one of the composite drive IDs stored in the disk drives. The configuration for each of the matching composite drives is then determined using the total number of disk drives listed in the first field of each of the disk drives ha…
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