Initiator connection tag for simple table lookup

Details Initiator connection tag for simple table lookup Initiator connection tag for simple table lookup

2003-03-26

2008-12-30

Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Client/server

C709S200000, C710S003000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07472158

ABSTRACT:
SAS devices provide an OPEN frame when requesting a connection or path to a device. An initiator connection tag value, preferably a 16-bit value, is included in this OPEN frame by the initiator. The initiator connection tag value is included by the target device when the target device reconnects to the initiator. The initiator can use this smaller value in a table lookup to rapidly and easily identify the target device, without requiring decoding of the 64-bit WWN and without waiting to receive a frame containing a tag from the target and decoding that tag.

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