Patent ID: 8700867
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating a storage controller and one or more appliances onto a computer platform having hardware, comprising: configuring a storage controller component to execute on the computer platform providing the storage controller component with exclusive access to a first physical storage controller host bus adapter physically coupled to one or more storage devices permanently; provisioning a virtualized instance of the hardware from the computer platform to deliver one or more application services from one or more corresponding application components; associating a physical appliance host bus adapter from the computer platform to an appliance component along with giving control of the physical appliance host bus adapter to the appliance component through the virtualized instance of the hardware; and operatively coupling the physical appliance host bus adapter associated with the appliance component permanently with a second physical storage controller host bus adapter associated with the storage controller component.