Patent ID: 6209023
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of supporting a SCSI device on a non-SCSI transport medium of a network using a bridge, the network including a plurality of initiators coupled to the non-SCSI transport medium and further including the bridge, the bridge having a non-SCSI front end coupled to the non-SCSI transport medium and a SCSI back end coupled to a SCSI bus, a plurality of SCSI devices being coupled to the SCSI bus, any of the plurality of SCSI devices capable of being a target for any of the plurality of initiators, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a plurality of SCSI commands by the bridge from the plurality of initiators; andgenerating a plurality of virtualized SCSI command responses recreated by the bridge for the plurality of SCSI commands without intermediate conversion to another standardized bus protocol.