System and method for multipath I/O support for fibre channel devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7908523
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12783964

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A system and method enables a file server, to support multi path input/output operations for Fibre Channel devices. Upon each Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop initialization event generated, the system and method updates a path and device instance to track multiple paths to a given device. While the file server is attempting input/output operations, the failure of a given path can be corrected by the use of another path associated with a given device. The data structures generated by the low levels of the storage operating system are exposed for use by upper level services for routing a storage device identification purposes.

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  • NETAPP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aiello, Anthony F Santa Clara, US 10 322
Aster, Radek Campbell, US 33 895

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