Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of configuring NVMe-oF devices using a baseboard management controller (BMC)
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Application No.: US16540989Application Date: 2019-08-14
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Publication No.: US10996899B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Sompong Paul Olarig , Son T. Pham , Ramdas Kachare
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Innovation Counsel LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a computer storage array providing one or more remote initiators with NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) access to one or more storage devices connected to the storage array. According to an example embodiment, the computer storage array comprises: a computer processor configured to run an operating system for managing networking protocols; a network switch configured to establish an NVMe-oF connection and route data between the initiators and the storage devices; a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to configure a network setting or NVMe-oF setting of the storage devices; a PCIe switch connecting the BMC with each of the storage devices via a PCIe bus; and a computer motherboard including the PCIe bus and to which the computer processor, network switch, BMC and PCIe switch are installed.
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