Method and apparatus for dynamically qualifying mass storage...

Details Method and apparatus for dynamically qualifying mass storage... Method and apparatus for dynamically qualifying mass storage...

2006-10-11

2010-06-08

Tsai, Henry W. H. (Department: 2184)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral configuration

C710S008000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07734836

ABSTRACT:
A field-upgradeable database that is separable from system software contains information about mass storage devices that may be present in a storage array. When an uninitialized device is detected in the array, the field-upgradeable database is consulted to discover which non-standard functions the device supports, and one of the non-standard functions is activated. Software and systems using the field-upgradeable database in a storage server configuration are also described and claimed.

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