Patent ID: 6112278
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of responding to an initiator in a data processing system including a plurality of initiators and at least one target, comprising:storing a plurality of cache entries, wherein each cache entry includes a set of initiator parameters and a list of a plurality of initiators which are supported by the set of initiator parameters;receiving into a protocol engine an initiator ID from the initiator;loading the initiator ID and the list of initiators of each cache entry into a respective search engine;using each search engine to determine whether the initiator ID corresponds to the list of initiators loaded in the respective search engine;if it is determined that the initiator ID corresponds to the list of initiators of any of the cache entries, loading into the protocol engine the set of initiator parameters of the cache entry which has been determined to correspond to the initiator ID; andresponding to the initiator using the set of initiator parameters which have been loaded into the protocol engine.