Method to locate sas jbod cable routing
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorLien-Hsun CHEN
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Abstract
A network system is directed to the locating and verifying data cable routing. The network system includes a data storage server with a switch device, and processing nodes, where each of processing node includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a host bus adapter (HBA). The network system also includes a data cable electrically connected to the switch device of the data storage server and the HBA of the processing node. A cable identifier is stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server. The data storage server and each of the processing nodes are managed by a data resource manager configured to read the cable identifier stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server.
Claims11
A network system, comprising:
- a data storage server, comprising a switch device;
- a plurality of processing nodes, wherein each of the processing nodes comprises a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a host bus adapter (HBA);
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- a data cable electrically connected to the switch device of the data storage server and the HBA of the processing node, wherein a cable identifier is stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server,
- wherein the switch device is connected to a hard drive (HDD) expander via a first transmission channel, and the switch device is connected to the BMC via a second transmission channel,
- wherein either the first transmission channel or the second transmission channel is enabled, but not both,
- wherein the data storage server and each of the processing nodes are managed by a data resource manager configured to read the cable identifier stored in the BMC of the processing node and the data storage server.
A computer-implemented method for mapping data cable connections within a network system for a data cable connected to a data storage server and to a processing node, comprising:
- receiving, from the data storage server, a plurality of first identifiers, each of the plurality of first identifiers corresponding to each port of a switch of the data storage server for remotely accessing disparate storage resources of the data storage server, each of the plurality of first identifiers comprising a first switch address and a first physical address corresponding to each port;
- receiving from the processing node, a second identifier comprising a second switch address and a second physical address detected at the processing node, wherein the processing node comprises a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a host bus adapter (HBA);
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- detecting a data cable connection path between the processing node and the data storage server based on a comparison of the second identifier to the plurality of first identifiers,
- wherein the switch is connected to a hard drive (HDD) expander via a first transmission channel, and the switch is connected to the BMC via a second transmission channel,
- wherein either the first transmission channel or the second transmission channel is enabled, but not both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.