Method and system for enhancing fibre channel loop resiliency for a mass storage enclosure by increasing component redundancy and using shunt elements and intelligent bypass management
US6260079A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1662
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A reliable and fault-tolerant multi-peripheral-device enclosure for use in high-availability computer systems. The reliable and fault-tolerant multi-peripheral-device enclosure uses a three-tiered port bypass control strategy for diagnosing and isolating malfunctioning peripheral devices within the multi-peripheral-device enclosure, and uses a similar a three-tiered port bypass control strategy for isolation of the entire multi-peripheral-device enclosure from a communications medium that interconnects the multi-peripheral-device enclosure with one or more host computers.
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