Zoning data to a virtual machine

In a method to zone data to a virtual machine, support information is exchanged between a physical controller and an expander, the support information comprising an indication of an ability of the physical controller and the expander to support thereon a set of virtual controllers and a set of virtu...

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Main Authors MYRAH MICHAEL G, NATRAJAN BALAJI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.05.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:In a method to zone data to a virtual machine, support information is exchanged between a physical controller and an expander, the support information comprising an indication of an ability of the physical controller and the expander to support thereon a set of virtual controllers and a set of virtual physical layers (virtual PHYs), respectively. In response to a positive indication sending a list of SAS addresses to the expander, a list of SAS addresses is sent to the expander. Then, a first SAS address of the list of SAS addresses is assigned to a first virtual PHY of the set of virtual PHYs, wherein the assigning is performed by the expander, and wherein the first virtual PHY at an assigned SAS address corresponds to a first virtual controller of the set of virtual controllers.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201013879805