Patent ID: 7370128

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an expander device capable of communicating with at least one initiator engine using at least a first communication protocol and at least one multi-ported Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) target storage device using at least a second communication protocol, said first communication protocol comprising a Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Protocol (SAS) and said second communication protocol comprising a SATA protocol, said expander device is further capable of translating between first commands transmitted using said first communication protocol and second commands transmitted using said second communication protocol, said expander device being further configured to receive at least one SCSI command to provide reservations for said at least one multi-ported SATA target storage device, wherein said at least one initiator engine is configured to determine if said expander device is configured to provide at least one reservation for said at least one multi-ported SATA target storage device.