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Protocol independent storage discovery and enablement

  • US 10,291,709 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2018
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for Ethernet protocol independent storage device discovery comprising:

  • emulating, with a manager node, a plurality of undiscovered nodes within a network by broadcasting a plurality of data frames according to respective different Ethernet protocols to each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes, each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes operable within the network according to one Ethernet protocol upon being discovered by the manager node;

    discovering one or more nodes, with the manager node, by receiving a reply frame from one or more of the undiscovered nodes;

    requesting from the discovered one or more nodes, with the manager node, information associated with one or more storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered one or more nodes; and

    determining, with the manager node, whether to enable the one or more storage devices within the network.

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