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US008015339B2
(12)
Ulllted
States
Patent
(10)
Patent
N0.:
US
8,015,339
B2
Hoese
et
al.
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
Sep.
6,
2011
(54)
STORAGE
ROUTER
AND
METHOD
FOR
(58)
Field
of
Classi?cation
Search
................
..
710/1*5,
PROVIDING
VIRTUAL
LOCAL
STORAGE
710/8*13,
36438,
1264131,
250,
305;
709/258;
714/42;
711/110*113
(75)
Inventors:
Geoffrey
B.
Hoese,
Austin,
TX
(U
S);
See
aPPhCaUOn
?le
for
Complete
Search
hlstory
Jeffry
T-
Russell,
Cibolo,
TX
(Us)
(56)
References
Cited
(73)
Assignee:
Crossroads
Systems,
Inc.,
Austin,
TX
US,
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
(Us)
3,082,406
A
3/1963
Stevens
. . . . .
(Continued)
(
*
)
Not1ce:
Subject
to
any
d1scla1mer,
the
term
of
this
patent
is
extended
01'
adjusted
under
U.S.C.
154(b)
by
38
days.
AU
647414
3/1994
(21)
App1.No.:
12/552,913
(Continued)
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
(22)
Flled:
sepl
2’
2009
American
National
Standard
for
Information
Systems:
Fibre
Chan
_ _ _
nel4Cross-Point
Switch
Fabric
Topology
(PC-XS);
X3Tl
l/Project
(65)
Pm"
Pubhcatlo“
Data
959D/Rev
1.30.
114
pgs,
Jun.
17,
1994.
US
2009/0319742
A1
Dec.
24,
2009
.
(Contmued)
Related
U_s_
Application
Data
Primary
Examiner
*
Christopher
B
Shin
_ _ _ _
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
Firm
*
Sprinkle
IP
Law
Group
(63)
Cont1nuat1on
of
apphcatlon
No.
11/
851,724,
?led
on
Sep.
7,
2007,
HOW
Pat.
NO.
7,689,754,
which
is
a
(57)
ABSTRACT
continuation
of
application
No.
1
1/442,878,
?led
on
A
storage router
(56)
and
storage
network
(50)
provide
virtual
May
30,
2006,
now
abandoned,
which
is
a
local
storage
on
remote
SCSI
storage
devices
(60,
62,
64)
to
continuation
of
application
No.
11/353,826,
?led
on
Fibre
Channel
devices.
A
plurality
of
Fibre
Channel
devices,
Feb.
14,
2006,
now
Pat.
No.
7,340,549,
which
is
a
such
as
Workstations
(58),
are
connected
to
a
Fibre
Channel
continuation
of
application
No.
10/658,163,
?led
on
transport
medium
(52),
and
a
plurality
of
SCSI
storage
Sep.
9,
2003,
now
Pat.
No.
7,051,147,
which
is
a
devices
(60,
62,
64)
are
connected
to
a
SCSI
bus
transport
continuation
of
application
No.
10/081,110,
?led
on
medium
(54)
The
storage router
(56)
interfaces
between
the
Feb.
22,
2002,
now
Pat.
No.
6,789,152,
which
is
a
Fibre
Channel
transport
medium
(52)
and
the
SCSI
bus
trans
continuation
of
application
No.
09/354,682,
?led
on
port
medium
(54).
The
storage
router
(56)
maps
between
the
Jul.
15,
1999,
now
Pat.
No.
6,421,753,
which
is
a
Workstations
(58)
and
the
SCSI
storage
devices
(60,
62,
64)
continuation
of
application
No.
09/001,799,
?led
on
and
implements
access
controls
for
storage
space
on
the
SCSI
Dec.
31,
1997,
now
Pat.
No.
5,941,972.
storage
devices
(60,
62,
64).
The
storage router
(56)
then
allows
access
from
the
Workstations
(58)
to
the
SCSI
storage
(51)
Int_
CL
devices
(60,
62,
64)
using
native
low
level,
block
protocol
in
G06F
13/00
(200601)
accordance
with
the
mapping
and
the
access
controls.
(52)
US.
Cl.
.........................
..
710/305;
710/11;
709/258
49
Claims,
2
Drawing
Sheets
58
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - WORKSTATION

US008015339B2 (12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,015,339 B2 Hoese et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 6, 2011 (54) STORAGE ROUTER AND METHO

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US 8,015,339 B2 3 A further technical advantage of the present invention is providing support for SCSI storage devices as local storage for Fibre Chan

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US 8,015,339 B2 5 router 56 allows access to mapping tables and shows storage devices 60, 62 and 64 as they exist physically rather than as they have

Page 4

US 8,015,339 B2 7 The SCSI Initiator to FC Target mode provides for the con?guration of a server using SCSI-2 to communicate With Fibre Channel target

Page 5

US 8,015,339 B2 This Would lead to some devices not being discovered. HoW ever, this allows for hot plugged devices and other changes to the loop addr

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US 8,015,339 B2 11 25. The access controller of claim 23, wherein the access controller is operable to forward an access request to a storage device p

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US 8,015,339 B2 Page 2 4,092,732 4,170,415 4,415,970 4,455,605 4,504,927 4,533,996 4,573,152 4,603,380 4,620,295 4,644,462 4,695,948 4,697,232 4,715,0

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US 8,015,339 B2 Page 3 6,029,168 A 2/2000 Frey IL 095447 5/1994 6,032,269 A 2/2000 Renner, Jr. IL 107645 9/1996 6,041,058 A 3/2000 Flanders et al. JP

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US 8,015,339 B2 Page 4 IBM Technical Publication: Magstar and IBM 3590 High Perfor mance Tape Subsystem Technical Guide, pp. 1-269, Nov. 1, 1996. Misc

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US 8,015,339 B2 Page 5 Data Book- AIC-l 160 Fibre Channel Host Adapter ASIC (Davies Ex 2 (CNS 181800-825)) (CD-ROM Chaparral Exhibits D047), Jun. 18,

Page 11

US 8,015,339 B2 Page 6 Impactdata . . . News Release: Impactdata’s Network Peripheral Adapter (NPA) Pushes Technology Envelope of Data Storage Man a

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US. Patent Sep. 6, 2011 Sheet 1 of2 US 8,015,339 B2 12 I2 12 To \ \ / '/ WORKSTATION WORKSTATION WORKSTATION FIG 7 < 5} 4} i} > {2 {F )6

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US 8,015,339 B2 1 STORAGE ROUTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL LOCAL STORAGE TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application is a continuation of

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