Patent ID: 7519693

Claim:
An apparatus to integrate an enclosure, the apparatus comprising: a discovery module comprising executable code stored on a semiconductor device, executed by a processor, and configured to discover a connection of a second enclosure to a first enclosure through a fibre channel arbitrated loop communication channel; an initialization module comprising executable code stored on the semiconductor device, executed by the processor, and configured to initialize the second enclosure, the second enclosure comprising the initialization module; an address module comprising executable code stored on the semiconductor device, executed by the processor, and configured to create a valid address for the second enclosure; an assignment module comprising executable code stored on the semiconductor device, executed by the processor, and configured to assign the address to the second enclosure; and a power control module comprising executable code stored on the semiconductor device, executed by the processor, and configured to use the fibre channel arbitrated loop communication channel to cycle power to only the second enclosure to reinitialize the second enclosure, wherein reinitializing the second enclosure sets the address for the second enclosure.