System and Method for Aggregating Shelf IDS in a Fibre Channel Storage Loop
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsEdward H. Yardumian, Bharath V. Vasudevan
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Abstract
A modular fibre channel information handling system includes a storage processor and multiple associated fibre channel data storage enclosures. The storage processor and the fibre channel data storage enclosures are connected by a fibre channel storage loop. The storage processor includes an identification engine operable to assign device addresses to the associated storage devices and an aggregation engine that is able to selectively aggregate the shelf IDs of data storage enclosures that have been selected to be aggregated.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A modular storage enclosure, comprising:
- device slots for receiving one or more devices, each having an associated device ID;
- an aggregation selector for selecting whether to aggregate the modular storage enclosure with a second modular storage enclosure;
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- an identification engine configured to assign addresses to the device IDs associated with the modular storage enclosure based at least on whether the aggregation selector is selected to aggregate the modular storage enclosure with the second modular storage enclosure.
A method of addressing devices in a storage system, comprising:
- receiving a selection of whether to aggregate a first modular storage enclosure with a second modular storage enclosure, the first modular storage enclosure configured to house one or more devices, each device having an associated device ID;
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- assigning addresses to the device IDs associated with the first modular storage enclosure based at least on the received selection of whether to aggregate the first modular storage enclosure with the second modular storage enclosure.
A method of addressing devices in a storage system, comprising:
- receiving a selection of a first shelf ID associated with a first modular storage enclosure;
- receiving a selection of a second shelf ID associated with a second modular storage enclosure;
- comparing the first shelf ID selected for the first modular storage enclosure with the selected second shelf ID selected for the second modular storage enclosure;
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- assigning device addresses to one or more storage devices associated with the first modular storage enclosure based at least on the comparison between the first shelf ID and the selected second shelf ID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.