Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Remote direct attached multiple storage function storage device
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Application No.: US17105497Application Date: 2020-11-25
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Publication No.: US11704059B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Amir Beygi , Jimmy Lau , Ramdas P. 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: Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
A multiple function storage device is disclosed. The multiple function storage device may include an enclosure, a storage device associated with the enclosure, and an bridging device associated with the enclosure. The storage device may include a connector to receive a first message using a first protocol originating at a host, a physical function (PF) and a virtual function (VF) exposed by the storage device via the connector, storage for data relating to the first message, and a controller to manage writing a write data to the storage and reading a read data from the storage. The bridging device may include an embedded network interface controller (eNIC) to receive a second message using a second protocol from the host, a write buffer to store the write data to be written to the storage device by the host, a read buffer to store the read data to be read from the storage device for the host, a bridge circuit to translate the second message using the second protocol into the first message using the first protocol, and a root port to identify the storage device and to transmit the first message to the VF. The bridging device may be configured to map the host to the VF.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210247935A1 REMOTE DIRECT ATTACHED MULTIPLE STORAGE FUNCTION STORAGE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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