Patent ID: 9286253
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for presenting unique serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) target devices through a SAS initiator-connectable device, the method comprising: embedding a SAS protocol chip that includes a selection register and at least two SAS address registers within the SAS initiator-connectable device, the SAS protocol chip configured to access at least two SAS addresses that are stored on the SAS protocol chip; loading the at least two SAS addresses into respective ones of the SAS address registers; respectively associating respective values within the selection register with the at least two SAS address registers; mapping, within the SAS protocol chip, a respective SAS address to each of the unique SAS target devices, wherein each SAS address respectively identifies one of the unique SAS target devices; and emulating, by the SAS initiator-connectable device, at least one SAS expander to provide access to each of the unique SAS target devices by the respective SAS address, wherein the SAS initiator-connectable device is a data transfer device.