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US7124324:
Method of testing fiber channel ports in a storage server at full bandwidth without connection to external devices
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Au, Wing Y.; Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
3PARdata, Inc., Fremont, CA, United States of America
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| Published / Filed: |
2006-10-17
/ 2002-08-22
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| Application Number: |
US2002000226762
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| IPC Code: |
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G06F 11/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F11/267B;
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| U.S. Class: |
714/029;
714/028;
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| Field of Search: |
714/029,28,27,716,717
710/031
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| Priority Number: |
| 2002-08-22 |
US2002000226762 |
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| Abstract: |
A data storage system includes a plurality of disk drives for data storage. A storage server controls the reading and writing of data to the disk drives. The storage server can be tested prior to connecting the disk drives and other components of the data storage system by connecting ports of the storage server to other ports of the storage server. One of the connected ports is changed from an initiator to a target to simulate a the target state of a disk drive. The server can test itself at normal data transfer rates using the initiator-target pair just as if it was testing a normal server/disk drive connection, but without having to test the actual disk drive and without having to detect or distinguish any problems that may exist with the disk drive and its connection, or other components that may be in the loop.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Patent Law Group LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Baderman, Scott; Lohn, Joshua
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| Parent Case: |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/633,088 entitled “Data Storage System,” and to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/751,649 entitled “Communication Link Protocol Optimized For Storage Architectures,” which are hereby incorporated by this reference in their entirety.
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First Claim:
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1. A method of testing a data connection between two ports of a data storage system including a storage server, the method comprising: connecting a port of the storage server to another port of the storage server; detecting the connected ports of the storage server; changing one of the connected ports into target mode operation, wherein said changing one of the connected ports comprises creating a virtual disk at the port changed into target mode operation; and transferring data between the connected ports, thereby simulating normal operation of the data storage system.
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