Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral adapting
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-15
2005-11-15
Gaffin, Jeffrey (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Peripheral adapting
C710S008000, C710S011000, C710S014000, C710S015000, C710S016000, C710S062000, C710S063000, C710S064000, C710S072000, C710S073000, C710S074000, C710S104000, C710S105000, C710S302000, C711S100000, C711S111000, C711S112000, C711S114000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06965956
ABSTRACT:
A disk array controller detects whether each drive it is connected to is an ATA drive or a SCSI drive, and communicates with that disk drive using the corresponding protocol. Preferably, the disk array controller supports both the Serial ATA interface specification and the Serial Attached SCSI interface specification, allowing either or both types of disk drives to be included within a RAID or other disk array configuration. The disk array controller may be incorporated into a storage server having hot swap drive carriers that accommodate both types of disk drives.
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Herz John Peter
Schoenbaum Ronald J.
Therene Christophe
3ware, Inc.
Gaffin Jeffrey
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Nguyen Tanh Q
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