Patent ID: 9411764
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of just a bunch of disks (JBOD) expansion units; serial attached SCSI storage (SAS) expanders included in the plurality of JBOD expansion units; a single SAS port that is attached to the plurality of JBOD expansion units having the SAS expanders; a single SAS cable to connect the SAS expanders to the single SAS port; and a base unit having the single SAS port, wherein the single SAS port is converted into multiple redundant paths by a split of the SAS cable at a location along the SAS cable between the single SAS port of the base unit and the SAS expanders of the plurality of JBOD expansion units to provide a plurality of paths to a similar SAS target in the plurality of JBOD expansion units through the single SAS port on the base unit.