System and method for supporting multi-path and/or multi-mode NMVE over fabrics devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSompong Paul Olarig, Fred Worley, Son Pham
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Abstract
A system includes a fabric switch including a motherboard, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a network switch configured to transport network signals, and a PCIe switch configured to transport PCIe signals; a midplane; and a plurality of device ports. Each of the plurality of device ports is configured to connect a storage device to the motherboard of the fabric switch over the midplane and carry the network signals and the PCIe signals over the midplane. The storage device is configurable in multiple modes based a protocol established over a fabric connection between the system and the storage device.
Claims8
A system comprising:
- a switch device including a motherboard, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a first switch configured to transport a first type of signals, and a second switch configured to transport a second type of signals;
- a midplane;
- and
- a plurality of device ports,
- wherein each of the plurality of device ports is configured to connect a storage device to the motherboard of the switch device and transport the first type of signals and the second type of signals over the midplane,
- wherein the storage device is configurable in multiple modes based on a protocol established over a connection between the system and the storage device, and
- wherein the protocol that the storage device supports includes a first protocol and a second protocol that is different from the first protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.