Storage system initialization utility
US8301739B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/34
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for initializing a storage system over a network are described. A server initialization utility operates on each of several storage processing units. A client initialization utility operates on a client computing device. The client initialization utility and server initialization utility communicate via a network coupled to the client computing device and the storage processing units. The client initialization utility is used to initialize parameters for each storage processing unit via communication with the corresponding server initialization utility. The client initialization utility is further used to discover array and storage processing identification information. The client and server initialization utilities communicate via exchange of UDP broadcast datagrams.
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