Patent ID: 6636908
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An intelligent splitter system, comprisingan I/O device having input/output (I/O) port logic for transmitting and receiving information on at least three I/O communication links according to a standardized I/O protocol in which I/O operations may be requested on storage locations identified by physical address information; and extended function logic, cooperating with the port logic, to perform at least one extended function not specified in the standardized I/O protocol, wherein the at least one extended function operates in a physical address domain of physical addresses; and a host system having a processor and memory storing processor-executable instructions to map logical storage object names to a physical address domain and storing instructions to configure the I/O device with a mapped physical address domain to enable the I/O device to perform the at least one extended function on the physical address domain corresponding to a mapped logical storage object name.