Patent ID: 11907150
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A storage adapter circuit, comprising:
a first storage circuit in communication with a storage board, the first storage circuit configured to support a first storage interface for communicating with a first storage device; and
a second storage circuit in communication with the storage board, the second storage circuit configured to support a second storage interface for communicating with a second storage device,
wherein the first storage interface is a multi-protocol interface that is different from the second storage interface, and
wherein at least one of the first storage circuit or the second storage circuit is configured to:
determine, according to a physical connector of the first storage device or the second storage device, a storage protocol used by the first storage device or the second storage device that is different from a storage protocol used by a host interface; and
modify a communication, received according to the storage protocol used by the host interface, based on the different protocol used by the first storage device or the second storage device.