Patent ID: 7616631
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A storage subsystem for gathering and analyzing data sent between devices, the storage subsystem comprising: a plurality of controller devices; a plurality of storage devices; a communications network connecting the plurality of controller devices and the plurality of storage devices, wherein a pair of controller devices, a pair of storage devices, and a combination of a controller device and a storage device each form a selected pair of devices; a set of diagnostic outputs defined in the communications network; a controller connected to the communications network, wherein the controller selectively configures the set of diagnostic outputs to receive data sent between devices in any selected pair of devices for the gathering and analyzing of the data sent between the devices in the selected pair of devices, wherein data from a selected device in the pair of selected devices is directed to a corresponding diagnostic output and data from a remaining selected device in the pair of selected devices is directed to another corresponding diagnostic output in the set of diagnostic outputs; and an analyzer capable of analyzing the data from the set of diagnostic outputs.