Patent ID: 9529767
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A routable packet-switched network supported by an abstraction protocol comprising: at least one host; a master controller, the master controller comprising a master processing element, a master controller interface to communicate with the host, and at least one master controller control link interface; and at least one edge controller, the edge controller comprising an edge processing element, an edge controller control link interface to communicate with the master controller via the master controller control link interface, and at least one storage media device interface to communicate with at least one storage media device, wherein the master controller and the edge controller communicate via the abstraction protocol, the abstraction protocol comprising a full-duplex protocol supporting full command queuing for the at least one storage media device; and wherein the edge controller further comprises at least one other master controller further in communication with at least one other edge controller, when the edge processing element associated with the edge controller authors abstract protocol messages intended for the other edge controller.