Patents Examined by Philp Guyton
  • Data storage system using multiple communication protocols
    Patent number: 8312312
    Abstract: A controller transmits a second protocol command to a target from among one or more switch devices. The second protocol command is a command which conforms to a second protocol type in which a connection established for transmitting a command to the target is broken during processing of the command by the target, and is defined as a command corresponding to a first protocol command, which is a command conforming to a first protocol type in which the connection remains established during processing of the command by the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oikawa, Ikuya Yagisawa, Bunitsu Ando