公开(公告)号：US20060200685A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-07

申请号：US11073270

申请日：2005-03-03

申请人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

发明人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

IPC分类号： G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F1/26

摘要： A method is disclosed to selectively provide power to a component disposed in an information storage and retrieval system. Applicants' method supplies a controller comprising a control portion in combination with a plurality of components comprising one or more host adapters, one or more device adapter ports, and a Fibre Channel switch. The method monitors the performance of each of those components. The method discontinues the supply of power to first component while continuing to provide power to the remaining plurality of components. The method then resumes providing power to the first component while continuing the supply of power to the remaining plurality of components.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种方法来选择性地向布置在信息存储和检索系统中的部件提供电力。 申请人的方法提供控制器，该控制器包括与包括一个或多个主机适配器，一个或多个设备适配器端口和光纤通道交换机的多个组件组合的控制部分。 该方法监视每个组件的性能。 该方法在向剩余的多个部件继续供电的同时停止向第一部件供电。 然后，该方法继续向第一部件提供电力，同时继续向剩余的多个部件供电。

公开(公告)号：US20060106752A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10994067

申请日：2004-11-18

申请人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

发明人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F13/387 ,  G06F2213/0052

摘要： A method to provide an operation to an information storage device is disclosed. The method supplies an information storage device and a protocol conversion device capable of receiving an operation in a first communication protocol comprising a variable attribute, and providing that operation to the information storage device in a second communication protocol, where that second communication protocol does not support the variable attribute. The method provides an operation to the protocol conversion device using said first communication protocol, and determines if the variable attribute is configured in that operation. If the method determines that the variable attribute is not configured in the operation, then the method provides the operation to the information storage device using the second communication protocol. If the method determines that the variable attribute is configured in the operation, then the method implements that variable attribute when providing the operation to the information storage device using the second communication protocol.

摘要翻译： 公开了向信息存储装置提供操作的方法。 该方法提供能够接收包括可变属性的第一通信协议中的操作的信息存储设备和协议转换设备，并且在第二通信协议中向第二通信协议提供该信息存储设备的操作，其中第二通信协议不支持 变量属性。 该方法使用所述第一通信协议向协议转换设备提供操作，并且确定在该操作中是否配置了变量属性。 如果该方法确定在该操作中未配置变量属性，则该方法使用第二通信协议向该信息存储设备提供该操作。 如果该方法确定在该操作中配置了变量属性，则该方法在使用第二通信协议向该信息存储设备提供该操作时实现该变量属性。

公开(公告)号：US20060103997A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10994066

申请日：2004-11-18

申请人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

发明人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

IPC分类号： H02H3/20

CPC分类号： G06F1/26 ,  G06F1/30 ,  Y10T307/615 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： A method is disclosed to supply power to one or more battery-backup assemblies. The method supplies a first controller, a second controller, a first battery-backup assembly, and a second battery-backup assembly. The method further supplies a power bus interconnected to the first controller, the second controller, the first battery-backup assembly, and the second battery-backup assembly, and a first power supply and a second power supply interconnected with the power bus. The method provides power to the first controller and to the second controller and to the first battery-backup assembly over a first period of time, and provides power to the first controller and to the second controller and to the second battery-backup assembly over a second period of time, where the first period of time differs from the second period of time.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种向一个或多个电池备用组件供电的方法。 该方法提供第一控制器，第二控制器，第一电池备份组件和第二电池备用组件。 该方法还提供互连到第一控制器，第二控制器，第一电池备用组件和第二电池备份组件的电力总线以及与电源总线互连的第一电源和第二电源。 该方法在第一时间段向第一控制器和第二控制器以及第一电池备用组件提供电力，并通过一个第一控制器和第二控制器向第二控制器和第二电池备用组件提供电力 第二个时间段，第一个时间段与第二个时间段不同。

公开(公告)号：US20060031714A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-09

申请号：US10912641

申请日：2004-08-05

申请人： Gary Batchelor ,  Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

发明人： Gary Batchelor ,  Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Gregg Lucas

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1441

摘要： A method is disclosed to preserve data integrity during loss of power to an information storage and retrieval system. Applicants' method converts a plurality of sectors having a first sector format to a plurality of sectors having a second sector format. If a power failure warning is received during the sector format conversion process, the method prefetches the next second sector, overlays the next first sector onto part of all of that prefetched second sector, and saves the newly-written second sector before loss of utility power. After restoration of utility power to the information storage and retrieval system, Applicants' method writes that newly-written second sector to an information storage medium.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在向信息存储和检索系统断电的过程中保持数据完整性的方法。 申请人的方法将具有第一扇区格式的多个扇区转换成具有第二扇区格式的多个扇区。 如果在扇区格式转换过程中接收到电源故障警告，则该方法预取下一个第二扇区，将下一个第一扇区叠加到所有预取的第二扇区的一部分上，并且在公用电源丢失之前保存新写入的第二扇区 。 在公用电力恢复到信息存储和检索系统之后，申请人的方法将新写的第二扇区写入信息存储介质。

公开(公告)号：US20070174672A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-26

申请号：US11340078

申请日：2006-01-25

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  Robert Kubo

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  Robert Kubo

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F11/2094

摘要： A method is disclosed to reconfigure a storage array disposed in a data storage system. The method supplies a data storage system comprising a plurality of data storage devices, wherein each of the plurality of data storage devices is assigned to one of a plurality of data storage arrays, or is assigned as a spare device. The method then detects an unassigned data storage device, and determines if any of the plurality of data storage arrays comprises a degraded data storage array. If the method determines that any of the plurality of data storage arrays comprises a degraded data storage array, then the method determines if the unassigned data storage device can be used to restore the degraded data storage array to optimal reliability, optimal performance, and optimal efficiency. If the method determines that the unassigned data storage device can be used restore the degraded array to an array comprising optimal reliability, optimal performance, and optimal efficiency, then the method reconfigures the degraded data storage array to comprise the unassigned data storage device.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种重新配置设置在数据存储系统中的存储阵列的方法。 该方法提供包括多个数据存储设备的数据存储系统，其中多个数据存储设备中的每一个被分配给多个数据存储阵列之一，或被分配为备用设备。 该方法然后检测未分配的数据存储设备，并且确定多个数据存储阵列中的任一个是否包括劣化的数据存储阵列。 如果所述方法确定所述多个数据存储阵列中的任一个包括劣化数据存储阵列，则所述方法确定所述未分配数据存储设备是否可用于将所述劣化数据存储阵列恢复到最佳可靠性，最佳性能和最优效率 。 如果该方法确定可以使用未分配的数据存储设备将降级的阵列恢复到包括最优可靠性，最佳性能和最优效率的阵列，则该方法将劣化的数据存储阵列重新配置为包括未分配的数据存储设备。

公开(公告)号：US20070214313A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-13

申请号：US11358486

申请日：2006-02-21

申请人： Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo ,  Richard Ripberger ,  Cheng-Chung Song

发明人： Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo ,  Richard Ripberger ,  Cheng-Chung Song

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2069 ,  G06F11/2082 ,  G06F11/2094

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for concurrently relocating a RAID array. The apparatus includes an identification module, a designation module, and an implementation module. The identification module identifies an availability of a physical device within a donor arrayed storage device to offload a source drive of a relocation enclosure. The designation module designates an available physical device as a target drive and thereby designate the target drive and the source drive as a linked pair;. The implementation module implements a mirroring relationship between the target drive and the source drive. The apparatus, system, and method provide a dynamic relocation of the raid array, minimizing system downtime and maximizing efficient utilization of system resources.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于同时重新定位RAID阵列的装置，系统和方法。 该装置包括识别模块，指定模块和实现模块。 识别模块识别供体排列的存储设备内的物理设备的可用性，以卸载重定位机箱的源驱动器。 指定模块将可用的物理设备指定为目标驱动器，从而将目标驱动器和源驱动器指定为链接对。 实现模块实现目标驱动器和源驱动器之间的镜像关系。 设备，系统和方法提供了RAID阵列的动态重定位，最大限度地减少系统停机时间并最大限度地提高系统资源的有效利用率。

公开(公告)号：US20070162684A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-12

申请号：US11326650

申请日：2006-01-06

申请人： Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo ,  Michael Vageline

发明人： Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo ,  Michael Vageline

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0683

摘要： An apparatus and method are disclosed to configure, format, and test, a data storage subsystem product. The method supplies a data storage subsystem product comprising one or more host computer ports, a processor, one or more data storage device ports, and one or more data storage devices interconnected to the one or more data storage device ports. The method further supplies a configuration appliance comprising a storage configuration. The method connects the configuration appliance to one of the one or more storage device ports, boots up the data storage subsystem product, discovers the configuration appliance by the data storage subsystem product, imports storage configuration data into the data storage subsystem product, formats the one or more data storage device, and tests the input and output data transfer rates for the data storage subsystem product, wherein the formatting and testing are initiated concurrently.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于配置，格式化和测试数据存储子系统产品的装置和方法。 该方法提供包括一个或多个主计算机端口，处理器，一个或多个数据存储设备端口和互连到一个或多个数据存储设备端口的一个或多个数据存储设备的数据存储子系统产品。 该方法还提供包括存储配置的配置设备。 该方法将配置设备连接到一个或多个存储设备端口之一，启动数据存储子系统产品，通过数据存储子系统产品发现配置设备，将存储配置数据导入数据存储子系统产品，格式化 或更多数据存储设备，并测试数据存储子系统产品的输入和输出数据传输速率，其中格式化和测试同时启动。

公开(公告)号：US20050052854A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-10

申请号：US10659212

申请日：2003-09-09

申请人： Michael Kotson ,  Robert Kubo

发明人： Michael Kotson ,  Robert Kubo

IPC分类号： H05K1/00 ,  H05K3/22 ,  H05K7/06

CPC分类号： H05K1/029 ,  H05K3/222 ,  H05K2201/10689 ,  H05K2203/173

摘要： Circuit boards capable of receiving different sets of electrical devices are fabricated from raw boards of the same type by forming respective networks of electrically conductive traces with a common layout on the raw boards, including open circuits within the networks. Electrical device receivers and controllers are then loaded on the boards, and some of the open circuits are closed such that some of the boards have different patterns of closed circuits and thereby different interconnections. Some of the receivers can accommodate two different types of electrical devices, with some of the boards configured to support one type and the others another type. The loading of receivers and controllers, and the closing of open circuits, can be performed simultaneously with the placement of zero ohm resistors used for circuit closings. Numerous different circuit board configurations can thus be supported from a common supply of raw boards.

摘要翻译： 能够接收不同组的电气设备的电路板通过在原始板上形成具有公共布局的各种导电迹线网络（包括网络内的开放电路）来制造相同类型的原始板。 然后将电气设备接收器和控制器装载在电路板上，并且一些开路闭合，使得一些电路板具有不同的闭合电路图案，从而形成不同的互连。 一些接收器可以容纳两种不同类型的电气设备，其中一些电路板被配置为支持一种类型，另一种类型的电路板被配置成另一种类型。 接收器和控制器的加载以及关闭开路可以与用于闭路的零欧姆电阻器的放置同时进行。 因此，可以从通常的原板供应来支持许多不同的电路板配置。

公开(公告)号：US20060224849A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-05

申请号：US11096317

申请日：2005-03-31

申请人： Shah Rezaul Islam ,  Thomas Jarvis ,  Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo

发明人： Shah Rezaul Islam ,  Thomas Jarvis ,  Matthew Kalos ,  Robert Kubo

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/16

CPC分类号： G06F11/1666 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a request is received for switching a logical volume from one state to another state, wherein the logical volume is in a mirrored state if data corresponding to the logical volume is mirrored from a first storage to a second storage, and wherein the logical volume is in a non-mirrored state if the data corresponding to the logical volume is not mirrored from the first storage to the second storage. A determination is made as to whether to perform the switching, in response to receiving the request.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法，系统和制品，其中接收到用于将逻辑卷从一个状态切换到另一状态的请求，其中如果与第一个逻辑卷对应的数据被镜像，则逻辑卷处于镜像状态 存储到第二存储器，并且其中如果对应于逻辑卷的数据不从第一存储器镜像到第二存储器，则逻辑卷处于非镜像状态。 响应于接收到请求，确定是否执行切换。

公开(公告)号：US20060097886A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-11

申请号：US10976202

申请日：2004-10-27

申请人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Andrew Walls

发明人： Carl Jones ,  Robert Kubo ,  Andrew Walls

IPC分类号： G08B21/00 ,  G08B23/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/30 ,  H02J9/06

摘要： A self-contained backup power source such as a battery is provided for components within an electrically powered device such as a storage controller, photocopier or the like, to maintain diagnostic status data and to power a service indicator aid, or diagnostic indicator, such as an LED. A switch selects the backup power source when a primary power source of the electrically powered device is no longer available to the component, such as when the component is removed from the electrically powered device, the primary power source is disconnected as a safety precaution when servicing or replacing the component, or a higher-level assembly, in which the component is provided, is removed from the electrically powered device. The diagnostic indicator may be powered separately from the data storage device.