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Method and apparatus for storage command and data router

  • US 20040205288A1
  • Filed: 04/12/2004
  • Published: 10/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interconnecting unit for coupling a plurality of hosts to a plurality of storage devices, the coupling involving exchange of a plurality of serial I/O structures between the plurality of hosts and the plurality of storage devices, the interconnecting unit comprising:

  • a. a plurality of device control units enabling distribution of a plurality of commands to the plurality of storage devices, each of the plurality of commands being an element of a serial I/O structure;

    b. a plurality of host interface units, each of the plurality of host interface units synchronizing data between a host and the interconnecting unit;

    c. a plurality of device interface units, each of the plurality of device interface units synchronizing data between a storage device and the interconnecting unit; and

    d. an interconnect routing unit to connect a device control unit to a device interface unit.

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