Patents Represented by Attorney Duft, Bornsen, & Eishman
  • Patent number: 7260417
    Abstract: A storage enterprise comprising multiple storage enterprise components coupled to exchange signals via respective wireless interfaces. The signals exchanged may include power signals and/or information signals. Power signals may be exchanged by an inductive coupling (wireless) between a first component and a second component. Information signals may include command/status and data signals exchanged between a first component and a second component. Any of several hierarchies of the connections in a storage enterprise may utilize such wireless connections. Exemplary wireless connection may include: storage controller to storage device or storage enclosure, storage enclosure to storage device, SAN appliance to storage device or storage enclosure or storage controller, computing node to storage device or storage enclosure or storage controller or SAN appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Mohamad H. El-Batal, Thomas E. Richardson, Zahirudeen Premji