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Application server blade for embedded storage appliance

  • US 7,464,205 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2006
  • Issued: 12/09/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for transferring data within a network storage appliance, comprising:

  • transmitting a packet on an I/O link from a server to a first portion of a storage controller, wherein said transmitting the packet is performed within a single blade module in a chassis enclosing the storage appliance; and

    forwarding a data transfer command within the packet from the first portion of the storage controller to a second portion of the storage controller, wherein the forwarding is performed via a local bus on a backplane of the chassis through a connector of the blade connecting the blade to the backplane.

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