Patent ID: 8856404

Claim:
A method of extending a standard primitive in a data storage fabric having a plurality of computing devices coupled together to transmit information, the method comprising: combining a plurality of primitives into a sequence including the standard primitive and a variable information primitive, wherein the variable information primitive includes data particular to a broadcast of the sequence, wherein the data included in the variable information primitive is user-configurable and different than data in the standard primitive, and wherein the plurality of computing devices are capable of responding to the standard primitive; and broadcasting the sequence through the data storage fabric and processing the sequence with the plurality of computing devices; wherein the data in the variable information primitive is directed to a first computing device of the plurality of devices such that processing of the sequence with the first computing device causes the first computing device to perform a response to the standard primitive and wherein processing of the sequence with a second computing devices device in the plurality of computing devices causes the second computing device to ignore the standard primitive.