Patent ID: 9639437
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: providing, by an electronic device, access states for at least two logical interfaces to a host, the at least two logical interfaces comprising a first and a second logical interfaces, each logical interface being configured to provide access to a first and a second storage units; receiving, by the electronic device, status information indicating a partition event has occurred; transitioning, by the electronic device, to a majority partition after the partition event; disassociating, by the electronic device, from an out of partition cluster node that transitioned to a minority partition after the partition event; updating, by the electronic device, at least one access state for at least one logical interface; notifying, by the electronic device, the host of the at least updated access state; and providing, by the electronic device, the at least one updated access state for the at least one logical interface, such that the host maintains access to the first storage unit via the first logical interface and the second storage unit via the second logical interface after the partition event.