Method, apparatus and system for serial attached SCSI (SAS)...

Details Method, apparatus and system for serial attached SCSI (SAS)... Method, apparatus and system for serial attached SCSI (SAS)...

2008-10-30

2010-06-01

Phan, Raymond N (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Intrasystem connection

Bus expansion or extension

C710S002000, C710S036000, C711S114000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07730252

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus and system for managing SAS zoning, using connector grouping. A connector grouping management application is configured to allow connectors on the edge of the ZPSDS to be grouped into defined zones. The defined zones are used to create a minimal number of zone groups and to configure the respective permissions of the zone groups. The connector grouping application then compares all existing zone groups for phys common to more than one zone group. The connector grouping application removes all phys common to more than one zone group from the respective zone groups and moves the common phys to a new zone group. The zone groups are processed in this manner until no zone groups have common phys. Once all zone groups have been processed accordingly, information associated with the resulting zone groups and their respective permissions are transferred to the zone manager.

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