Patent ID: 8332560
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying the operability of the connection points of a storage architecture, comprising: retrieving from a location in the storage architecture configuration data, wherein the configuration data identifies the configured connection points within the storage architecture, wherein the configuration data comprises a bit string, wherein the respective bits of the bit string correspond to individual connection points in the storage architecture, and wherein the respective bits of the bit string correspond to individual phys within a Serial Attached SCSI expander; performing a discovery process to attempt to discover the operability of each connection point within the storage architecture; comparing the successfully discovered and operable connection points to the configuration data to identify connection points that are configured as being connection points in the storage architecture but were not discovered as being operable as part of the discovery process; and performing at least one of reporting or repairing one or more of the connection points configured as being connection points in the storage architecture but were not discovered as being operable as part of the discovery process.