BACKPLANE CONTROLLER TO ARBITRATE MULTIPLEXING OF COMMUNICATION
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1. A system comprising:
- a backplane controller to couple to a carrier interface and a plurality of host controllers of different types, and to identify a host controller corresponding to a type of a storage device of a storage device carrier to interface with the carrier interface;
wherein the backplane controller is to arbitrate multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller.
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Abstract
A backplane controller to couple to a carrier interface and a plurality of host controllers of different types. The backplane controller is to identify a host controller corresponding to a type of a storage device of a storage device carrier. The storage device carrier is to interface with the carrier interface. The backplane controller is to arbitrate multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a backplane controller to couple to a carrier interface and a plurality of host controllers of different types, and to identify a host controller corresponding to a type of a storage device of a storage device carrier to interface with the carrier interface; wherein the backplane controller is to arbitrate multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a backplane including a plurality of host controllers of different types to control storage devices of corresponding different types, wherein the backplane is to couple to a storage device of a storage device carrier based on a carrier interface coupled to the backplane; and a backplane controller coupled to the plurality of host controllers and the carrier interface, to identify a host controller corresponding to a type of the storage device, and arbitrate multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller.
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15. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a backplane controller, a type of storage device of a storage device carrier to be interfaced with a carrier interface coupled to the backplane controller; identifying, by the backplane controller, a host controller corresponding to the type of storage device, wherein the identified host controller is from a plurality of host controllers of different types coupled to the backplane controller; and arbitrating, by the backplane controller, multiplexing of communication between the carrier interface and the identified host controller.
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