Patent ID: 7882206
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A storage device system comprising: a plurality of storage devices in which information is stored; a storage device control section for controlling storage of information in said plurality of storage devices; a connection unit connected to said storage device control section; a first processor that is connected to an external local area network (LAN), which is external to said storage device system, and that converts data of a file access form received over said external LAN into data of a block access form; a second processor that is connected to said storage device control section via said connection unit, that accesses said plurality of storage devices via said connection unit and said storage device control section in response to data of the block access form issued from said first processor, and that controls activation of said first processor including resetting said first processor by said second processor; and a management terminal that is connected to the first processor and the second processor via an internal LAN, wherein said resetting said first processor by said second processor includes stopping supplying power to said first processor, re-supplying power to said first processor and activating a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of said first processor, wherein said second processor issues a request for start of hardware diagnosis of said first processor to said first processor, wherein said first processor performs hardware diagnosis in response to the hardware diagnosis start request issued from said second processor, wherein the first processor stores respective media access control (MAC) addresses, which are assigned to ports of the internal LAN, in respective communication memories, wherein the management terminal acquires the MAC addresses assigned to the first processor from the second processor at regular intervals, until the power supply of the management terminal is turned on again, wherein the second processor verifies whether disk drives have spun disks so as to determine whether the storage devices are usable, and detects whether the disk drives have completed spinning the disks, wherein the first processor issues a network boot request to a network boot server implemented in the management terminal, wherein the management terminal receives the network boot request over the internal LAN, and wherein the first processor instructs the second processor to start disk booting.