公开(公告)号：US20230359576A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US17738425

申请日：2022-05-06

Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Bennion ,  Mark Sterzick ,  Sean Cheng ,  Adrian Karaan ,  David Mahan ,  Alfonso Calderon ,  Jeff Chen ,  David Bagaoisan

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/38

CPC classification number: G06F13/409 ,  G06F13/382 ,  G06F13/4004

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing port matching features for storage devices and cables. In certain embodiments, a data storage device includes a non-volatile memory, a controller configured to process data storage requests, a plurality of ports associated with different protocols, wherein the plurality of ports have the same connector type, and each port includes a port matching feature indicative of a protocol associated with the port, and a plurality of cables associated with the different protocols, wherein the plurality of cables have the same connector type and are configured to connect to the plurality of ports, and each cable includes a port matching feature indicative of a protocol associated with the cable, wherein the port matching feature of the cable corresponds to the port matching feature of a port of the plurality of ports that is associated with the same protocol.