Input/output card for use in storage device and storage device
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsHaifang Zhai, Jing Chen, Yujie Zhou, Hendry Xiaoping Wu, David Wei Dong
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Abstract
Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide an input/output (I/O) card for storage device and a storage device. The I/O card and the disk drive for the storage device have the same form factor and comply with the same protocol, to enable the I/O card and the disk drive can be arranged at the same end of the storage device.
Claims6
An input/output (I/O) card for use in a storage device, the I/O card and a disk drive for the storage device having a same form factor and complying with a same protocol to enable the I/O card and the disk drive to be arranged at a same end of the storage device.
A storage device, comprising:
- a processing unit;
- a switch connected to the processing unit via a first bus;
- a disk drive connected to an interface in the switch via a second bus;
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- an I/O card of claim comprising:
- a connector having a same form factor as that of a connector of the disk drive, and complying with a peripheral component interface express (PCIe) protocol;
- a controller for controlling data transmission of I/O operation;
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- an interface for connecting with an external device;
- wherein the I/O card is connected to the interface in the switch via the second bus, the disk drive and the I/O card being arranged at the same end of the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.