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Raid system with fibre channel arbitrated loop

  • US 5,812,754 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1996
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A controller for controlling communications between a plurality of host computer systems and a data storage subsystem, comprising:

  • a first host loop; and

    a first plurality of port bypass circuits, each port bypass circuit connecting one of said plurality of host computer systems to said host loop, each port bypass circuit bypassing its associated host computer system if said associated host computer system becomes unavailable, wherein communication with remaining host computer systems is uninterrupted by said unavailable host computer system.

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