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Virtualized serial attached SCSI adapter

US7958293B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 2008
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/5077
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product and computer system for the virtualization of an SAS storage adapter for logical partitions of a computer system, which includes providing a hypervisor, assigning a logical storage adapter to an operating system on one of the logical partitions, configuring the logical storage adapter using the hypervisor, and enabling data storage operations to use the logical storage adapter.

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