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US 10,310,745 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for fine tuning and optimizing NVMe-oF SSDs
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWentao Wu, Sompong Paul Olarig
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Abstract
A data storage system includes: a plurality of data storage devices; a motherboard containing a baseboard management controller (BMC); and a network switch configured to route network traffic to the plurality of data storage devices. The BMC is configured to identify a group of data storage devices among the plurality of data storage devices based on device-specific information received from the plurality of data storage devices and send identifiers of the group of data storage devices to a querying party.
Claims22
A data storage system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of data storage devices removably coupled to the chassis;
- a motherboard coupled to the chassis and containing a baseboard management controller (BMC), wherein the BMC is coupled to the plurality of data storage devices;
- and
- a network switch configured to route network traffic received from one or more application via a plurality of uplink network ports to the plurality of data storage devices via a plurality of downlink network ports,
- wherein the BMC initiates a query to the plurality of data storage devices via a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus, and in response to initiating the query, receives device-specific information of the plurality of data storage devices, identify a group of data storage devices among the plurality of data storage devices based on the device-specific information received from the plurality of data storage devices, and send identifiers of the group of data storage devices to a querying party via a management port.
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A method comprising:
- initiating a query to a plurality of data storage devices from a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a data storage system via a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus, wherein the plurality of data storage devices are removably coupled to a chassis of the data storage system, and the BMC is coupled to the plurality of data storage devices;
- receiving, at the BMC, device-specific information from the plurality of data storage devices in response to the query;
- identifying, at the BMC, a group of data storage devices among the plurality of data storage devices based on attributes of the plurality of data storage devices;
- and
- sending identifiers of the group of data storage devices from the BMC to a querying party via a management port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.