Patent ID: 9026713
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An expander for a device architecture having at least one controller and one or more target devices, wherein: (1) the expander is configured with a specified duration value; (2) the expander is configured to detect occurrence of a discovery-triggering event; (3) the expander is configured to receive, from another device in the device architecture, an incoming request to check status of discovery processing; and (4) the expander is configured to wait until after the specified duration value has elapsed following the expander's detection of the occurrence of the discovery-triggering event before transmitting, to an other expander in the device architecture, an outgoing request to check the status of the discovery processing, if the expander determines that it has not previously received, from the other expander, an incoming request to check the status of the discovery processing.