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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7349961 | Detecting configuration inconsistency in storage networks The present invention provides techniques for managing configurations within centralized storage management systems. Specific embodiments provide users such as IT managers the capability to check configurations of SAN devices in a system and detect any inconsistenci... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349903 | Apparatus, system, and method for an alternate lock facility connection path An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an alternate lock facility connection path. A request module receives a connection request to establish redundant connection paths between a control unit and a host. A primary connection module establishes a first c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346721 | Method and device for connecting a storage device with a plurality of controllers to a host computer during power-on time or hot plug time A method of connecting a storage device to a host computer has a first connection processing for enabling a host interface in advance even when the storage device is not ready yet, and a second connection processing for enabling the host interface after the storage ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343525 | Method and apparatus of detecting error of access wait signal A method and an apparatus for detecting an error of an access wait signal are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accessing the input/output (I/O) device according to an I/O control command of the electronic device to access the I/O device; and returning to... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343410 | Automated creation of application data paths in storage area networks A DataPath Engine coupled to a SAN provides automated storage provisioning between an application on a Storage Area Network (SAN) attached server and a data volume on a SAN attached storage subsystem. The apparatus provides a simple user interface that allows operat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342310 | Multi-chip package with high-speed serial communications between semiconductor die A multi-chip package includes a package substrate. First and second semiconductor die are formed on the package substrate. The first and the second semiconductor die are configured to communicate with each other via a high-speed serial communications protocol. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343432 | Message based global distributed locks with automatic expiration for indicating that said locks is expired Described is a distributed lock processing technique that may be used to coordinate access to globally accessed resource between endpoints using the connecting message fabric. Processors in a data storage system communicate using the message switch of the message fa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340511 | Apparatus and method for configuring network media connections A method of automatically configuring media connections, includes: connecting a first pair of connectors to a first pair of conductors and a second pair of connectors to a second pair of conductors during a first state, and connecting the first pair of connectors to... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340558 | Multisection memory bank system A serial communications architecture for communicating between hosts and data store devices. The Storage Link architecture is specially adapted to support communications between multiple hosts and storage devices via a switching network, such as a storage area netwo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337235 | Dynamic path partitioning to multipath storage devices A mechanism is provided for balancing I/O among available paths connected to a device. The mechanism partitions paths so a device can use all or only a subset of available paths to a device, depending on the load of I/O for other devices that are sharing the paths. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337250 | Low latency data transmission method and system A method of transmitting data includes: A. receiving, at each of a plurality of data transmission devices of a transmitter, a data bit of a data word from a host; B. determining that a data word has been received from the host and asserting... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337281 | Storage system and data caching method in the system A channel adapter connected to a host has a local cache memory. The channel adapter duplexes and writes the write-data in the local cache memory in response to a data-write request from the host. Then, the channel adapter sends the write-completion to the host and t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334006 | Off-line support for cumulative backups A technique is provided to restore a target object such as a volume, directory or a pre-defined collection of files to a particular time by restoring the last full backup embodying the backup target, the last computed cumulative backup embodying the backup target an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334068 | Physical layer device having a SERDES pass through mode A physical layer device (PLD), comprising: a first serializer-deserializer (SERDES) device having a first parallel port; a second SERDES device having a second parallel port; a third SERDES device having a third parallel port; and a path selector being selectively c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334058 | File input/output control device and method for the same background A file input/output control device for dividing a file into a plurality of fragments which are distributed to a plurality of storage devices. The file input/output control device 200, upon receiving a file from a client, constructs a plurality of fragments fr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334056 | Scalable architecture for context execution System, apparatus and method for controlling the movement of data in a data processing system. The apparatus receives commands from at least one protocol engine and generates contexts representing the commands. The contexts are a data structure representing informat... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334052 | Versatile dual port connector element arrangement A hard disk controller (HDC) chip has interchangeable “A” and “B” ports of differential connector element pairs, with one connector element of each pair being disposed closest to the edge of the chip and with the other element inboard of it to facilitate con... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334075 | Managing transmissions between devices Provided are a method, system, and program for processing a transmission from a first device to a second device. An identification transmission is received including an interface address from the first device. A determination is made as to whether the identification... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333131 | Digital video apparatus capable of detecting its status of connection to peripheral apparatus A method and apparatus of detecting a connection status of a digital video apparatus to a peripheral apparatus includes a digital video encoder configured to receive a digital video signal, and convert and output the digital video signal into an analog video signal,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330915 | Method for automatically configuring a balanced mass storage system for measuring system performance A method for measuring mass storage system performance in which a mass storage system has a plurality of disk drive storage elements controlled by a disk drive controller, the controller typically having a cache memory, and the controller receiving commands and data... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330957 | User-based allocation and deallocation of storage in a storage system A management server includes the user management segment information having stored therein a volume managed by a user, a receiving unit for receiving a volume allocation request from a management computer, a sending unit for sending the volume allocation request to ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320051 | Storage device control apparatus and control method for the storage device control apparatus A storage device control apparatus includes a mounting part and an internal connection part. The mounting part can removably mount channel control unit, each with a host interface controller formed therein for receiving data I/O requests, disk control units, each wi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320040 | Data distribution system A transfer apparatus receives, from a controller, a bit string including a plurality of individual data addressed to plural input/output units. The bit string is divided into data fragments. The data fragments are specified as corresponding to a target input/output ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318116 | Control path failover in an automated data storage library A system, a method, and a computer program product to provide a failover procedure for an automated data storage library are provided. During the operation of a data storage library, a host computer issues control commands to the automated data storage library using... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315906 | Integrated circuit device having network connection for image data processing operation for obtaining and loading a driving program for external device To design an integrated circuit device, i.e., a main ASIC, that can easily be used for both communications and image data processing. To use the ASIC for the purpose of image data processing, the ASIC is set to a first operation mode, wherein a printer engine and a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315960 | Storage area network system In remote copy systems connected with a dedicated interface, reliability is reduced for the time until the disk system that caused an error will be recovered. Therefore, when an error occurs in a primary disk system, it is replaced with a standby disk system connect... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315887 | Facilitating integration of communications network equipment inventory management A physical asset management system as disclosed herein is capable of carrying-out a method for facilitating integration of communications network equipment inventory management. In at least one embodiment of the method for facilitating integration of communications ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315914 | Systems and methods for managing virtualized logical units using vendor specific storage array commands Systems and methods are provided for executing a vendor specific command in a storage area network including a plurality of data storage volumes and at least one host. In one embodiment, a system includes an intelligent multi-protocol switch (IMPS) and a storage and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313636 | Methods and structure for supporting persistent reservations in a multiple-path storage environment A persistent reservation emulation structure to emulate exclusive reservation SCSI-3 protocol features in a host system having multiple paths to a storage device. An enhanced multiple-path driver layer (or other processing elements) provide emulation of persistent r... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313707 | Systems and methods for configuring ports Systems, methodologies, media and other embodiments associated with configuring a port are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a computing system that includes a port configured to operably connect an external device to the computing system. The exam... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313606 | System and method for automatic configuration of a bi-directional IP communication device During manufacturing, a unique bi-directional IP communication device identifier, such as a gateway serial number, is assigned to a each bi-directional IP communication device, preferably a DSL gateway. Once an order for such a device is received from a user, the un... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307948 | System with multiple path fail over, fail back and load balancing A system comprising a host system, a driver in communication with a host system, and a plurality of host bus adapters in communication with the driver. The host bus adapters provide a plurality of data transmission paths between the host system and a storage device.... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308512 | Fiber channel adaptor for serial or parallel ATA disks Coupling disks having only a single controller connection to more than one controller. An adaptor interfaces an ATA disk with two interfaces to a backplane having a fiber channel backplane interface form factor. Switching logic controls the interfaces, so the ATA di... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305501 | Portable computer system having LCD monitor for selectively receiving video signals from external video signal input from external computer A portable computer system includes a portable computer equipped with a graphic chip, and an LCD monitor receiving a video signal from the graphic chip and displaying the video signal. The portable computer system further includes an external video signal input part... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302506 | Storage system The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299347 | Boot management in computer systems assisted by an endpoint with PCI-XP or USB-V2 interface An intelligent endpoint can provide an automated, centralized boot management for multiple, interconnected computer systems. The intelligent endpoint can be notified of a boot event for one of the computer systems. This notification can occur over a system bus or vi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292596 | Method and apparatus for automatic crossover and parallel detect A physical layer of an Ethernet network device includes first, second, third and fourth terminals. An autonegotiation circuit includes an autonegotiation wait timer having an autonegotiation wait period. An auto-crossover circuit selectively configures the first and... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293135 | Invertible disk drive connection scheme A module for a storage system is capable of accessing disk drives in a particular order regardless of its orientation. The module accesses the drives in the same order whether it is installed in a first orientation or in a second, inverted orientation. The module in... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290277 | Control of authentication data residing in a network device A system for supporting management operations associated with an interconnect device includes a port of the interconnect device to maintain authentication data that facilitates authorization of a management operation and a configuration switch coupled to the port to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290070 | Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which i... | 10/30/2007 |
