Patent ID: 8606978
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit of a hard disk drive, the integrated circuit comprising: an Ethernet network interface module configured to transmit and receive data packets via an Ethernet connection, wherein the data packets respectively include i) packet headers, and ii) at least one of small computer system interface (SCSI) commands and SCSI data requests; a processor configured to process the data packets transmitted and received by the Ethernet network interface module, wherein the processor is configured to support processing of the data packets transmitted and received using a hyper-text transfer protocol, a peer-to-peer sharing protocol, and an Internet SCSI protocol; and a hard disk control module configured to control, based on the at least one of the SCSI commands and the SCSI data requests, writing of data to a hard disk and reading of the data from the hard disk, wherein each of the hard disk control module, the processor, and the network interface module is located in the integrated circuit.