Patent ID: 8260974

Claim:
In a disk processor, a method for processing a set of disk drive enclosures of a Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) system, comprising: receiving, by a first storage processor of the disk processor, an instruction to assign each disk drive enclosure of the set of disk drive enclosures an identifier, the first storage processor being disposed in electrical communication with the set of disk drive enclosures to define at least one bus, each identifier providing a distinct identity to each disk drive enclosure in the system; evaluating, by the first storage processor and as part of a first batch process, the set of disk drive enclosures relative to a set of identification rules; assigning, by the first storage processor and as part of the first batch process, an identifier to each disk drive enclosure that complies with the set of identification rules, and generating, by the first storage processor and as part of the first batch process, a fault notification for each disk drive enclosure that does not comply with at least on identification rule of the set of identification rules, wherein the first storage processor defines a set of bus ports, each bus port disposed in electrical communication with a subset of the set of disk drive enclosures, each bus port of the first storage processor and the subset of the set of disk drive enclosures disposed in electrical communication with each corresponding bus port defining a bus.