Bridge apparatus and methods for coupling multiple non-fibre channel devices to a fibre channel arbitrated loop

Bridge apparatus and methods for coupling multiple non-fibre channel devices to a fibre channel arbitrated loop

Apparatus and methods for an enhanced bridge device for coupling multiple non-Fibre Channel storage devices to a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) communication medium. Features and aspects hereof provide for FC-AL enhanced circuits (104, 202.. 210) for processing loop port bypass (LPB) and loop...

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Hauptverfasser: SANDERS, DOUGLAS E, KEELEY, JAMES W, CHONG, ANDREW HYONIL
Format: Patent
Sprache:chi ; eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus and methods for an enhanced bridge device for coupling multiple non-Fibre Channel storage devices to a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) communication medium. Features and aspects hereof provide for FC-AL enhanced circuits (104, 202.. 210) for processing loop port bypass (LPB) and loop port enable (LPE) primitive sequences addressed to any target arbitrated loop physical address (T-ALPA) associated with a storage device coupled with the bridge regardless of the present bypassed/non-bypassed status of other T-ALPAs processed by the bridge device and associated with other storage devices coupled with the bridge device.