Dividing a port into smaller ports

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8856392
APP PUB NO 20140019657A1
SERIAL NO

13549964

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A given port at a storage controller is used for communication with storage devices. In response to an indication that at least a portion of the given port is to be dedicated to a group of at least one of the storage devices, the storage controller divides the given port into multiple smaller ports.

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  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hameed, Sohail Houston, US 21 132
Myrah, Michael G Cypress, US 56 269
Natrajan, Balaji Spring, US 62 512

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