System and method for supporting multi-path and/or multi-mode nmve over fabrics devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSompong Paul Olarig, Fred Worley, Son Pham
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Abstract
A system includes a fabric switch including a motherboard, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a network switch configured to transport network signals, and a PCIe switch configured to transport PCIe signals; a midplane; and a plurality of device ports. Each of the plurality of device ports is configured to connect a storage device to the motherboard of the fabric switch over the midplane and carry the network signals and the PCIe signals over the midplane. The storage device is configurable in multiple modes based a protocol established over a fabric connection between the system and the storage device.
Claims15
A non-volatile memory express over fabrics (NVMeoF) device comprising:
- a network engine;
- a switch module;
- and
- a connector configured to connect to a motherboard of a switch over a midplane,
- wherein the NVMeoF device is removably connected to the switch,
- wherein the network engine transports a first type of signals to the switch via a first signal path that is established over the midplane,
- wherein the switch module transports a second type of signals to the switch via a second signal path that is established over the midplane, and
- wherein the second signal path is different from the first signal path.
A system comprising:
- a switch including a baseboard management controller (BMC);
- and
- a plurality of storage devices,
- wherein each of the plurality of storage devices is configured to be coupled to the switch using a connector,
- wherein the connector is configured to transport a first type of signals to the switch over a first bus and a second type of signals to the switch over a second bus, and
- wherein each of the plurality of storage devices provides device-specific information and sensor information to the BMC using the second type of signals over the second bus, wherein the device-specification information includes one or more of health status information and field- replaceable unit (FRU) information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.