Configurable fibre channel loop system
US7346674B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/183
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A configurable fibre channel (FC) loop system is provided that may be used to couple mass storage devices to input/output (I/O) controllers in a data storage system. The system may include first and second port bypass systems (PBPS). Each PBPS may include FC protocol network sections having nodes that may be configured into different numbers of loops that may be used to couple the devices to the controllers.
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