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USRE42860E1
USRE42860E1 US10/210,592 US21059202A USRE42860E US RE42860 E1 USRE42860 E1 US RE42860E1 US 21059202 A US21059202 A US 21059202A US RE42860 E USRE42860 E US RE42860E
US10/210,592
Ricardo E. Velez-McCaskey
Gustavo Barillas-Trennert
Velez-Mccaskey Ricardo E
1995-09-18 Priority to US392095P priority Critical
1996-09-17 Priority to US08/714,846 priority patent/US6098128A/en
2002-03-21 First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=21708227&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=USRE42860(E1) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2002-07-31 Priority to US10/210,592 priority patent/USRE42860E1/en
2002-07-31 Application filed by Velez-Mccaskey Ricardo E, Gustavo Barillas-Trennert filed Critical Velez-Mccaskey Ricardo E
2011-10-18 Publication of USRE42860E1 publication Critical patent/USRE42860E1/en
“acreate”
acreate (in rank_id, int level, char *aname, int ch_use);
rank_id Id of rank on which the array will be created.
level RAID level to use for the array being created
aname Unique name to be given to array. if NULL, one
ch_use bitmap indicating which channels to use in this set
ERANK Given rank does not exist or it is not available
ELEVEL Illegal RAID level
ECHANNEL No drives exist in given bitmap or drives are
“vopen”
arrayname Name of the army on which to create/open the
volname Name of an existing volume or the name to be given
vh When creating a volume, this contains a pointer to
flags A constant with one or more of the following
O_CREAT The system will attempt create the volume using the
O_DENYRD Denies reading privileges to any other tasks on
O_DENYWR Deny writing privileges to any other tasks that
O_EXCLUSIVE Deny any access to this volume anytime after
Return 0 Successful open/creation of volume
EARRAY Given array does not exist
EFULL Given array is full
vh Volume handle, returned by the system when the volume
vread (VOLHANDLE *vh,char*bufptr, BLK_ADDR Iba, INT count);
vh Handle of the volume to read from
bufptr Pointer to the address in memory where the data is to be read
Iba Logical block address to read from
count Number of blocks to read from given volume
Return 0 Successful read
EACCESS Insufficient rights to read from this
EHANDLE Invalid volume handle
EADDR Illegal logical block address
vwrite (VOLHANDLE *vh, char *bufptr, BLK_ADDR Iba, INT count);
vh Handle of the volume to write to
bufptr Pointer to the address in memory where the data to be written
to the device resides
Iba Volume Logical block address to write to
count Number of blocks to write to given volume
EACCESS Insufficient rights to write to this volume
volcpy (VOLHANDLE *dest_vol, BLK_ADDR dest_Iba, VOLHANDLE *src_vol, BLK_ADDR src_Iba, ULONG count);
dest_vol handle of the volume to be written to
dest_Iba destination logical block address
src_vol handle of the volume to be read from
src_Iba Source logical block address
EACCW Insufficient rights to write to this destination volume
EACCR Insufficient rights to read from source volume
EDESTH Invalid destination volume handle
ESRCH Invalid source volume handle
EDESTA Illegal logical block address for destination volume
ESRCA Illegal logical block address for source volume
1. Reset all disks in all channels
2. Go through every channel in every cabinet:
3. channel n = 0
4. Remove power to all disks in channel n
5. With first disk in channel n
a. turn drive on via back plane
b. if its id conflicts with previously turned on drive, change its id
via back plane then turn drive off
c. turn drive off
d. goto next drive until all drives in channel n have
a file management system configured to manage the movement of information between said client network and said data storage system, said file management system comprising a first arrangement in communication with a second arrangement,
the first arrangement configured to receive said input/output commands to implement storage of said data in said data storage system when a first set of conditions exists; and
the second arrangement in communication with said first arrangement, said client network and said at least one storage device, said second arrangement configured to manage the flow of data between said storage device and said client network when a second set of conditions exists, wherein said first arrangement comprises a file system supervisor program comprising a file device driver configured to receive and convert said input/output commands having a first format to an intermediate format different than said first format and wherein said file system supervisor is configured to receive said input/output commands in said intermediate format and said second arrangement is a storage management architecture (SMA) kernel.
a transport driver operative to receive high level commands in an intermediate common format from the client computer via said network and convert said high level commands in the intermediate common format to high level I/O commands;
a second microprocessor operative to execute said high level I/O commands received from said transport driver and access the at least one storage device to copy data from the client computer to the at least one storage device wherein said second microprocessor employs a second operating system distinct from said first operating system.
a device handler operative to execute said high level I/O commands received from said transport driver and access the at least one storage device to copy data from the client computer to the at least one storage device; and
a second microprocessor operative to execute said transport driver and said device handler, wherein said second microprocessor employs a second operating system distinct from said first operating system.
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RFC 1014-XDR: External Data Representation standard, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1014.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California Jun. 1987, pp. 1-20.
RFC 1014—XDR: External Data Representation standard, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1014.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California Jun. 1987, pp. 1-20.
RFC 1057-RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol specification: Version 2, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1057.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California Jun. 1988, pp. 1-25.
RFC 1057—RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol specification: Version 2, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1057.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California Jun. 1988, pp. 1-25.
RFC 1094-NFS: Network File System Protocol specification, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1094.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California, Mar. 1989, pp. 1-27.
RFC 1094—NFS: Network File System Protocol specification, obtained at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1094.html, published by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, California, Mar. 1989, pp. 1-27.
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Seminar on StorComp(TM) Disk Array Development Systems, Storage Computer Corporation, Nashua, NH, 1991.
Seminar on StorComp™ Disk Array Development Systems, Storage Computer Corporation, Nashua, NH, 1991.
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