US 2020/0393979 A1 · STORAGE ENCLOSURE RECONFIGURATION

Abstract

Example implementations relate to reconfiguring storage devices of a storage enclosure. An indication of a cable connection may be received at a first port of the storage enclosure. Storage devices of the storage enclosure may be in communication with a controller via a second port of the storage enclosure. Responsive to receiving the connection indication, the set of storage devices may be reconfigured and/or zoned such that each of a first subset of the set of storage devices is enabled to communicate to a controller via the first port. Similarly, the set of storage devices may be further reconfigured and/or zoned such that each of a second subset of the set of storage devices is enabled to communicate to the controller via the second port.

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Dependent claims

A method to be executed by a processor for reconfiguration of a storage enclosure, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a cable connection at a first port of a storage enclosure, the storage enclosure having a set of storage devices in a first configuration to enable each of the set of storage devices to communicate to a controller node via a second port of the storage enclosure;
responsive to receiving the indication, reconfiguring the set of storage devices to a second configuration to enable each of a first subset of the set of storage devices to communicate to a controller node via the first port and each of a second subset of the set of storage devices to communicate to the controller node via the second port, wherein the first and second subsets are different.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive a connection indication at a second port of a storage enclosure, the storage enclosure including an unzoned first and second set of storage devices such that the storage devices of the first and second sets are to communicate with a controller node via a first port;
and
responsive to receiving the connection indication, zone the storage devices such that the first set of storage devices is zoned to the first SAS zone and the second set of storage devices is zoned to the second SAS zone, wherein storage devices zoned to the first SAS zone are configured to communicate with the storage controller via the first SAS port and storage devices zoned to the second SAS zone are configured to communicate with the storage controller via the second SAS port.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Storage enclosure reconfiguration

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Storage enclosure reconfiguration

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Abstract

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