Patents by Inventor Devanathan Krishnan

Devanathan Krishnan 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).

  • System and method for improved communication in a storage network
    Patent number: 9544191
    Abstract: A system and method of improved communication in a storage network includes a storage node. The storage node includes a control unit and a plurality of local ports coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the storage node to a storage network. The control unit is configured to discover port addresses of other storage nodes in the storage network, select a first port pair including a first source port selected from the local ports and a first destination port selected from remote ports associated with the port addresses of a first one of the other storage nodes, open a first connection between the first source port and the first destination port, determine whether a less desirable notice associated with the first port pair is received, and when the less desirable notice is received, record the first port pair as being less desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Narendran Ganapathy, Devanathan Krishnan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION IN A STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160191317
    Abstract: A system and method of improved communication in a storage network includes a storage node. The storage node includes a control unit and a plurality of local ports coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the storage node to a storage network. The control unit is configured to discover port addresses of other storage nodes in the storage network, select a first port pair including a first source port selected from the local ports and a first destination port selected from remote ports associated with the port addresses of a first one of the other storage nodes, open a first connection between the first source port and the first destination port, determine whether a less desirable notice associated with the first port pair is received, and when the less desirable notice is received, record the first port pair as being less desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Narendran Ganapathy, Devanathan Krishnan
  • System and method for improved communication in a storage network
    Patent number: 9311022
    Abstract: A system and method of improved communication in a storage network includes a storage node. The storage node includes a control unit and a plurality of local ports coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the storage node to a storage network. The control unit is configured to discover port addresses of other storage nodes in the storage network, select a first port pair including a first source port selected from the local ports and a first destination port selected from remote ports associated with the port addresses of a first one of the other storage nodes, open a first connection between the first source port and the first destination port, determine whether a less desirable notice associated with the first port pair is received, and when the less desirable notice is received, record the first port pair as being less desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Narendran Ganapathy, Devanathan Krishnan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION IN A STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150100725
    Abstract: A system and method of improved communication in a storage network includes a storage node. The storage node includes a control unit and a plurality of local ports coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the storage node to a storage network. The control unit is configured to discover port addresses of other storage nodes in the storage network, select a first port pair including a first source port selected from the local ports and a first destination port selected from remote ports associated with the port addresses of a first one of the other storage nodes, open a first connection between the first source port and the first destination port, determine whether a less desirable notice associated with the first port pair is received, and when the less desirable notice is received, record the first port pair as being less desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Narendran Ganapathy, Devanathan Krishnan