Statistical information collection from one or more device(s) in storage communication with a computing platform
AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorsMing-jen Wang, Terry Russell Gibbons
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Abstract
A method includes addressing, through a command generated by an application executing on a computing platform, one or more device(s) in storage communication with the computing platform based on an appropriate communication link. The method also includes accessing, based on the addressing, a physical register of the one or more device(s) through an appropriate interface therein. Further, the method includes obtaining statistical information associated with a performance of the one or more device(s) at the computing platform through the access of the physical register.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- addressing, through a command generated by an application executing on a computing platform, at least one device in storage communication with the computing platform based on an appropriate communication link, the command being based on a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) standard;
- accessing, based on the addressing, a physical register of the at least one device through an appropriate interface therein;
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- obtaining statistical information associated with a performance of the at least one device at the computing platform through the access of the physical register without a requirement of an additional hardware interface and a new communication protocol on which the command and the storage communication are based.
A method comprising:
- transmitting a plurality of commands generated by an application executing on a computing platform to at least one device in storage communication with the computing platform based on an appropriate communication link, the plurality of commands being based on an SCSI standard;
- interpreting the plurality of commands through a set of instructions executing on the at least one device;
- accessing a plurality of physical registers of the at least one device based on the interpretation of the plurality of commands through at least one interface therein;
- obtaining statistical information associated with the at least one device at the computing platform through the access of the plurality of physical registers without a requirement of an additional hardware interface and a new communication protocol on which the plurality of commands and the storage communication are based;
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- measuring signal integrity between the computing platform and the at least one device based on the obtained statistical information at the computing platform.
A storage environment comprising:
- a computing platform configured to have an application executing thereon;
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- at least one device in storage communication with the computing platform based on an appropriate communication link, the at least one device being configured to be addressed through a command generated by the application executing on the computing platform, the at least one device further being configured to have a set of instructions executing thereon, the command being based on an SCSI standard, and the at least one device including a physical register and an internal interface thereto configured to be accessed through the set of instructions,
- wherein the computing platform is configured to obtain statistical information associated with a performance of the at least one device through the access of the physical register and the internal interface without a requirement of an additional hardware interface and a new communication protocol on which the command and the storage communication are based.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.