- Sunnyvale CA, US Evan Chiu - Sunnyvale CA, US Hua Li - Cary NC, US Roland Guioguio - San Jose CA, US Wendell Griggs - Nevada City CA, US James Loo - Brentwood CA, US
International Classification:
H04L 12/24 H04L 29/06 H04L 12/26 H04L 29/08
Abstract:
Systems and methods which allow for one or more input/output (I/O) ports residing on a device in a storage network environment to be reconfigured in order to communicate using different protocols are provided. Embodiments may provide for dynamic reconfiguration of an I/O port while the device including the port is deployed in the storage network. In some instances, such reconfiguration may be managed locally and/or by a remote management processing resource in the storage network. In some embodiments, reconfiguration of an I/O port to communicate in a different protocol may be implemented, either manually or automatically, based on observed traffic data.
Multi-Protocol Storage Network I/O Devices And Methods
- Sunnyvale CA, US Evan Chiu - Sunnyvale CA, US Hua Li - Cary NC, US Roland Guioguio - San Jose CA, US Wendell Griggs - Nevada City CA, US James Loo - Brentwood CA, US
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/24
US Classification:
709221
Abstract:
Systems and methods which allow for one or more input/output (I/O) ports residing on a device in a storage network environment to be reconfigured in order to communicate using different protocols are provided. Embodiments may provide for dynamic reconfiguration of an I/O port while the device including the port is deployed in the storage network. In some instances, such reconfiguration may be managed locally and/or by a remote management processing resource in the storage network. In some embodiments, reconfiguration of an I/O port to communicate in a different protocol may be implemented, either manually or automatically, based on observed traffic data.
- Sunnyvale CA, US Huadong Liu - Research Triangle Park NC, US Hua Li - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Assignee:
NetApp Inc. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/24
US Classification:
714 411
Abstract:
A novel RDMA connection failover technique that minimizes disruption to upper subsystem modules (executed on a computer node), which create requests for data transfer. A new failover virtual layer performs failover of an RDMA connection in error so that the upper subsystem that created a request does not have knowledge of an error (which is recoverable in software and hardware), or of a failure on the RDMA connection due to the error. Since the upper subsystem does not have knowledge of a failure on the RDMA connection or of a performed failover of the RDMA connection, the upper subsystem continues providing requests to the failover virtual layer without interruption, thereby minimizing downtime of the data transfer activity.
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