Serial attached scsi expander management and alarm reporting using snmp
AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorsSaurabh Balkrishna Khanvilkar, Mandar D. Joshi, Kaushalender Aggarwal
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Abstract
Disclosed is a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander. The SAS expander is configured with an Ethernet interface and at least one SAS interface. The Ethernet interface is configured to communicate using TCP/IP protocol. The SAS expander is also configured to send an indicator of an alarm condition using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The indicator of the alarm condition is sent via the Ethernet interface. Configuration functions and status reads or writes of values stored in the SAS expander, or devices coupled to it may also be exchanged using SNMP.
Claims16
A Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander, comprising:
- an Ethernet interface configured to communicate using TCP/IP protocol, the SAS expander configured to send an indicator of an alarm condition using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), said indicator of said alarm condition to be sent via said Ethernet interface;
- and,
- at least one SAS interface.
A method of reporting an alarm condition associated with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander, comprising:
- receiving an alarm indicator;
- and,
- sending an indicator of said alarm using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), said indicator of said alarm condition to be sent via an Ethernet interface of said SAS expander.
A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for reporting an alarm condition associated with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander that, when executed by a computer, at least instruct the computer to:
- receive an alarm indicator;
- and,
- send an indicator of said alarm using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), said indicator of said alarm condition to be sent via an Ethernet interface of said SAS expander.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.