公开(公告)号：US20060235977A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-19

申请号：US11106799

申请日：2005-04-15

申请人： Mark Wunderlich ,  Hemal Shah ,  Anshuman Thakur ,  Daniel Manseau

发明人： Mark Wunderlich ,  Hemal Shah ,  Anshuman Thakur ,  Daniel Manseau

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/12 ,  H04L2212/00

摘要： Input/Output (I/O) protocol operations such as iSCSI protocol operations may be selectively offloaded to an I/O protocol offload device, or retained by a host driver software. In one embodiment, iSCSI data transfer functions are offloaded to an offload device while session and connection establishing and maintenance operations are retained by host driver software. Other features are described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US07159010B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-02

申请号：US10071312

申请日：2002-02-06

申请人： Donald B. Harbin ,  Susan Kromenaker ,  Mark Wunderlich

发明人： Donald B. Harbin ,  Susan Kromenaker ,  Mark Wunderlich

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/10

摘要： A topology of storage nodes coupled to a network to provide storage resources to clients coupled to the network is described. A common transport agent (CTA) comprises a common communication interface with each of the storage nodes. The common communication interface with each storage node may be independent of any particular input/output format to be used in storing data in or retrieving data from a storage medium associated with the storage node. The CTA may also comprise a communication interface with the network which is independent of any particular network protocol to transmit data over the network.

摘要翻译： 描述了耦合到网络以向耦合到网络的客户端提供存储资源的存储节点的拓扑。 公共传输代理（CTA）包括与每个存储节点的公共通信接口。 与每个存储节点的公共通信接口可以独立于用于将数据存储在与存储节点相关联的存储介质中或从其中检索数据的特定输入/输出格式。 CTA还可以包括与网络的通信接口，其独立于通过网络传输数据的任何特定网络协议。