System and method for representation of target devices in a storage router

A storage router communicatively connectable to a plurality of target storage devices having a physical layout, comprising:

• a host system interface for receiving and responding to data storage commands;
• a SAS/SATA interface for communicating with said plurality of target storage devices;
• a plurality of host system interface to target storage device maps;
• wherein said target storage devices are configured with SMP-based zone identifiers;
• and
• said storage router is configured to discover said zone identifiers and said physical layout of said target storage devices,
• to create a virtual enclosure for each discovered zone identifier with a corresponding virtual enclosure identifier, and
• to create said target device maps corresponding to said physical layout and said zone identifiers.

A method of mapping target storage devices in a storage router system comprising:

• providing a host system interface for receiving and responding to data storage commands;
• providing a plurality of target storage devices;
• discovering the physical layout of said target storage devices;
• and
• creating a plurality of host system interface to target storage device maps corresponding to said physical layout of said target storage devices.

A storage router communicatively connectable to a plurality of target storage devices having a physical layout, comprising:

• a router discovery module configured to discover the physical layout of said target storage devices;
• a host system interface for receiving and responding to data storage commands;
• a PCI express interface for communicating with said plurality of target storage devices;
• and
• a plurality of host system interface to target storage device maps corresponding to said physical layout of said target storage devices.