Patent ID: 11875046
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a host processor including a first tenant and a second tenant; and
a device including:
a storage device; and
a processing unit, wherein the storage device is configured to:
send an enumeration of a resource unit of the storage device to the first tenant and to the second tenant, the enumeration sent through a first protocol associated with enumerating resources and indicating a managing protocol associated with managing the resource unit, the first protocol being a different protocol than the managing protocol, and

wherein the first tenant is configured to:
send a first request to reserve the resource unit to the processing unit through the managing protocol;

wherein the second tenant is configured to:
send a second request to reserve the resource unit to the process unit through the managing protocol;

wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive the first request;
receive the second request; and
send, to the second tenant, an indication that the resource unit is reserved by the first tenant, the indication sent through the managing protocol.