Patent ID: 8775609
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander, comprising: a SAS interface, the SAS interface configured to receive an indication that a storage device coupled to the SAS expander is about to fail; an Ethernet interface configured to communicate using TCP/IP protocol, the SAS expander configured to receive a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) get message that includes an object identifier that causes the SAS expander to retrieve said SAS expanders vendor identification string and send said vendor identification string via a SNMP get response message, the SAS expander further configured to send an indicator of an alarm condition using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), said indicator of said alarm condition to be sent via said Ethernet interface, said indicator of said alarm condition indicating, for said storage device coupled to the SAS expander, an impending failure of the storage device.