Bridge apparatus and methods for coupling multiple non-fibre channel devices to a fibre channel arbitrated loop
US8116330B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/404
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for an enhanced bridge device for coupling multiple non-Fiber Channel storage devices to a Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) communication medium. Features and aspects hereof provide for FC-AL enhanced circuits for processing loop port bypass (LPB) and loop port enable (LPE) primitive sequences addressed to any target arbitrated loop physical address (T-ALPA) associated with a storage device coupled with the bridge regardless of the present bypassed/non-bypassed status of other T-ALPAs processed by the bridge device and associated with other storage devices coupled with the bridge device.
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