Patents by Inventor Barrie Neil Harding

Barrie Neil Harding has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for allowing a plurality of SCSI hosts to interact with a DASD storage subsystem
    Patent number: 6128683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for configuration and running a DASD storage subsystem where the small computer system interface (SCSI) Target behavior needs to be different depending on type and characteristics of the attaching SCSI hosts. The configuration process defines the behavior by SCSI bus port through the use of bus behavior tables. Accordingly, several ports are able to operate correctly based on the hosts that attach to separate ports. In a first aspect, a direct access storage device (DASD) storage subsystem is described. The DASD storage subsystem comprises a plurality of ports, each of the plurality of ports including a table. Each of the tables defines the behavior of the particular port as a SCSI target. The DASD storage subsystem includes a mechanism for configuring the plurality of ports utilizing the tables within the ports. In a second aspect, a SCSI system is described. The SCSI system comprises a plurality of SCSI hosts and a DASD storage subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Allen Griese, Barrie Neil Harding, Dennis Carl Mairet