Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-24
2008-10-14
Verbrugge, Kevin (Department: 2189)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C711S115000, C711S154000, C711S202000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437505
ABSTRACT:
A computer readable medium includes executable instructions for visually representing a status of a plurality of storage device slots and a plurality of attached storage devices by, and a method for visually representing a status of a plurality of storage device slots and a plurality of attached storage devices includes, assigning a logical name to a storage device slot based on an enumeration rule; detecting a storage device attached to a computer system; storing a correlation between a physical location of the storage device slot and the assigned logical name; monitoring an availability and an operating status of the plurality of storage device slots and the plurality of attached storage devices; and generating a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) representation of the plurality of storage device slots and the plurality of attached storage devices, wherein the WYSIWYG representation includes physical location information, operating status information, and logical names for the plurality of storage device slots and the plurality of attached storage devices. A storage device location program includes an operating system configured to assign a logical name to a storage device attached to a computer system; a mapping software configured to correlate the logical name to a physical device name of the storage device attached to the computer system; a status detecting program configured to update an operating status of the storage device; and a display program configured to generate a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) representation of a physical location of the storage device attached to the computer system.
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Osha & Liang LLP
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Verbrugge Kevin
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