Patent ID: 7260417
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage enterprise comprising: a first storage enterprise component including a first wireless interface; and a second storage enterprise component including a second wireless interface wherein said first storage enterprise component and said second storage enterprise component exchange signals via said first wireless interface and said second wireless interface, respectively, wherein the exchanged signals include power signals such that the first storage enterprise component supplies power to the second storage enterprise component via the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface, respectively, and wherein the wireless exchange of power signals further comprises an inductive coupling to an AC power signal, wherein the second storage enterprise component includes a rectifier structure to generate DC power for the second storage component from the inductive coupling to the AC power signal wherein the generated DC power provides wireless power to operate the second storage enterprise component, wherein the storage enterprise includes among the first and second storage enterprise components a plurality of storage related components interconnected with one another and connected to one or more related workstations and server computing nodes, and wherein the plurality of storage related components include one or more of: individual storage devices, collections of storage devices housed within a common storage enclosure, collections of storage enclosures aggregated into a storage subsystem, storage controllers, collections of storage controllers operating cooperatively with regard to a storage devices or storage enclosures, power supplies for powering other components, and environmental components to sense and control the ambient environment.