Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer direct memory accessing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-30
2007-01-30
Barot, Bharat (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer direct memory accessing
C709S222000, C709S224000, C709S227000, C709S230000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10284795
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for monitoring cluster partner boot status over a RDMA-capable transport protocol is provided. Upon initialization, a storage system in a cluster generates a virtual interface connection using a predetermined and pre-assigned fibre channel identification and virtual interface number. The surviving storage system may then open a connection to this predetermined and predefined virtual interface connection and issue RDMA commands thereto. This surviving storage system may utilize the RDMA capabilities of the virtual interface protocol to obtain a set of boot statistics to determine whether the booting file or storage system is progressing normally.
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Barot Bharat
Cesari and McKenna LLP
Network Appliance Inc.
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