US Patent Application 17726008. STORAGE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISCOVERY WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSISTENT HOST DISCOVERY CONNECTIONS simplified abstract
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STORAGE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISCOVERY WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSISTENT HOST DISCOVERY CONNECTIONS
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Inventor(s)
Rivka Mayraz Matosevich of Zichron Ya'acov (IL)
Ziv Dor of Rishon Letzion (IL)
STORAGE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISCOVERY WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSISTENT HOST DISCOVERY CONNECTIONS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17726008 Titled 'STORAGE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISCOVERY WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSISTENT HOST DISCOVERY CONNECTIONS'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes techniques for discovering storage system interfaces using a limited number of persistent host discovery connections. The method involves receiving a discovery connection request from a host interface, transforming the identifier of the host device to obtain the identifier of a storage system interface, and determining if the identifier matches the receiving storage system interface. If there is a match, the receiving storage system interface establishes a persistent discovery connection with the host interface and provides information about available storage system interfaces.
Original Abstract Submitted
Techniques are provided for storage system interface discovery with a limited number of persistent host discovery connections. One method comprises receiving, by a receiving storage system interface of multiple storage system interfaces, a discovery connection request from a given host interface; transforming, by the receiving storage system interface, an identifier of a host device associated with the given host interface to obtain an identifier of a given storage system interface; determining, by the receiving storage system interface, whether the identifier of the given storage system interface identifies the receiving storage system interface; and in response to the identifier of the given storage system interface identifying the receiving storage system interface, the receiving storage system interface (i) provides a persistent discovery connection to the given host interface; and (ii) provides discovery information to the given host interface identifying a set of available storage system interfaces.
