US008015339B2 (12) Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,015,339 B2 Hoese et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 6, 2011 (54) STORAGE ROUTER AND METHO
US 8,015,339 B2 3 A further technical advantage of the present invention is providing support for SCSI storage devices as local storage for Fibre Chan
US 8,015,339 B2 5 router 56 allows access to mapping tables and shows storage devices 60, 62 and 64 as they exist physically rather than as they have
US 8,015,339 B2 7 The SCSI Initiator to FC Target mode provides for the con?guration of a server using SCSI-2 to communicate With Fibre Channel target
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US 8,015,339 B2 11 25. The access controller of claim 23, wherein the access controller is operable to forward an access request to a storage device p
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US 8,015,339 B2 Page 4 IBM Technical Publication: Magstar and IBM 3590 High Perfor mance Tape Subsystem Technical Guide, pp. 1-269, Nov. 1, 1996. Misc
US 8,015,339 B2 Page 5 Data Book- AIC-l 160 Fibre Channel Host Adapter ASIC (Davies Ex 2 (CNS 181800-825)) (CD-ROM Chaparral Exhibits D047), Jun. 18,
US 8,015,339 B2 Page 6 Impactdata . . . News Release: Impactdata’s Network Peripheral Adapter (NPA) Pushes Technology Envelope of Data Storage Man a
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US 8,015,339 B2 1 STORAGE ROUTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL LOCAL STORAGE TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application is a continuation of
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