公开(公告)号：US06889345B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-03

申请号：US10004374

申请日：2001-10-19

申请人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  Allen B. Kelton

发明人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  Allen B. Kelton

IPC分类号： G06F11/07 ,  G06F11/32 ,  H04L29/14 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/079 ,  G06F11/325 ,  H04L69/40

摘要： A system and method for identifying a failed storage device in a storage system comprising a plurality of storage devices connected by a ring-type network is disclosed. In one embodiment, when a storage device fails, all storage devices on the ring-type network are disconnected to re-establish communication on the ring-type network. An iterative process of connecting a subset of storage devices to the ring-type network and testing communication on the ring-type network is performed until communication on the ring-type network is re-established. Then, individual storage devices are connected to the ring-type communication until the connection of a storage device causes communication on the ring-type network to fail, thereby identifying the failed storage device. In another embodiment, devices in a reporting group are tested on a shelf-by-shelf basis.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于识别包括由环型网络连接的多个存储设备的存储系统中的故障存储设备的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，当存储设备发生故障时，环型网络上的所有存储设备都被断开，以重新建立环型网络上的通信。 执行将存储设备的子集连接到环型网络并在环型网络上测试通信的迭代过程，直到重新建立环型网络上的通信。 然后，个别存储设备连接到环型通信，直到存储设备的连接导致环型网络上的通信失败，从而识别出故障存储设备。 在另一个实施例中，报告组中的设备是逐个地进行测试的。

公开(公告)号：US06912599B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-28

申请号：US10038231

申请日：2001-10-19

申请人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce A. Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Richard Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  William K. Miller ,  Clay T. Wade ,  Mark Shepp

发明人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce A. Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Richard Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  William K. Miller ,  Clay T. Wade ,  Mark Shepp

IPC分类号： G06F1/18 ,  G11B33/12 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G11B33/125 ,  G06F1/18

摘要： A mass storage cabinet having passive device position sensing and including shelves for racking device enclosures. A cabinet bus is linked to the shelves and adapted to provide a unique shelf identifier signal to each of the shelves. The cabinet includes a device providing a cabinet identifier to the shelves. The cabinet bus includes junction boxes having first and second sets of sensing wires and a side connectors linked to the shelves for providing the shelf identifier signal from the first and second sets of sensing wires. To provide a different signal at each junction box, the sensing wires in the first set are moved one position and the sensing wires in the second set are moved one position prior to the connection to an adjacent junction box. An additional sensing wire is linked to the side connectors and grounded and ungrounded at each side connector to alter the signal.

摘要翻译： 一种具有被动装置位置检测的大容量存储柜，并且包括用于货架装置外壳的货架。 橱柜总线连接到货架上，并适用于向每个货架提供唯一的货架识别信号。 机柜包括一个为货架提供机柜标识符的设备。 机柜总线包括具有第一和第二组感测线的接线盒和连接到搁架的侧连接器，用于提供来自第一和第二组感测线的货架标识符信号。 为了在每个接线盒处提供不同的信号，第一组中的感测线移动一个位置，并且第二组中的感测线在连接到相邻接线盒之前移动一个位置。 附加的感测线连接到侧连接器，并在每个侧面连接器处接地和不接地，以改变信号。

公开(公告)号：US06920511B2

公开(公告)日：2005-07-19

申请号：US10086599

申请日：2001-10-19

申请人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano

发明人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0601 ,  G06F2003/0697

摘要： A controller for positioning on a shelf of a cabinet within a mass storage system for controlling communication among device enclosures in a reporting group. The controller includes an interface to a data communication loop linking device enclosures each including disk drives positioned on one or more cabinets. The interface is used to transmit control commands. A cabinet bus interface controller is provided and linked to a cabinet bus in the cabinet to receive enclosure reporting messages from the device enclosures to collect environment information. The cabinet bus interface transmits reporting messages onto the cabinet bus to provide environmental information. The interface controller determines the shelf location of the controller within the cabinet from signals on the cabinet bus and receives the cabinet identifier over the cabinet bus. A processor is linked to the interface controller and functions to create and issue the control commands to the loop interface.

摘要翻译： 一种用于定位在大容量存储系统内的机柜的架子上的控制器，用于控制报告组中的设备外壳之间的通信。 控制器包括与数据通信环路的接口，链接设备机箱，每个机箱包括位于一个或多个机柜上的磁盘驱动器。 该接口用于传输控制命令。 机柜总线接口控制器提供并连接到机柜中的机柜总线，以接收来自设备机柜的机箱报告消息，以收集环境信息。 柜总线接口将报告信息发送到柜总线上，以提供环境信息。 接口控制器根据机柜总线上的信号确定机柜内控制器的货架位置，并通过机柜总线接收机柜标识符。 处理器链接到接口控制器，并且用于创建并向循环接口发出控制命令。

公开(公告)号：US06988136B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-17

申请号：US10000190

申请日：2001-10-19

申请人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  Richard Lary ,  William K. Miller ,  Mark J. Conrad

发明人： Stephen J. Sicola ,  Bruce Sardeson ,  Dennis Spicher ,  Bruce Roberts ,  Bill Pagano ,  Richard Lary ,  William K. Miller ,  Mark J. Conrad

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F3/0601 ,  G06F2003/0697

摘要： A multi-cabinet mass storage system with unified management features. The system includes a first reporting group and a second reporting group each having enclosure with processors, such as an environmental monitoring units (EMUs), for generating and transmitting environmental messages pertaining to the particular enclosures. The enclosures are positioned on shelves within cabinets. A bus or cabinet cable links each enclosure to facilitate broadcasting the environmental messages. The environmental messages identify the sending device's reporting group and its physical location within the system. Additional enclosures are included in this reporting group with enclosures of each reporting group located all in one cabinet, in two or more cabinets, and each cabinet may house one, two, or more reporting groups. A network links all of the cabinets to concurrently broadcast the environmental messages throughout the system and allows enclosures in a single reporting group to be positioned in differing cabinets.