Cluster with multiple paths between hosts and I/O controllers

Details Cluster with multiple paths between hosts and I/O controllers Cluster with multiple paths between hosts and I/O controllers

2006-05-02

2006-05-02

An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2194)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra

Device driver communication

Scsi device driver

C719S325000, C710S001000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07039922

ABSTRACT:
A host is coupled to a cluster fabric which includes a fabric-attached I/O controller. The host includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor and an operating system. The operating system includes a kernel and a fabric bus driver to provide an I/O bus abstraction to the kernel for the cluster fabric to report multiple paths to a target fabric-attached I/O controller.

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