Patents by Inventor John Meneghini

John Meneghini 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).

  • Dynamic switching of a communication port in a storage system between target and initiator modes
    Patent number: 7406509
    Abstract: A storage system includes a communication port, the mode of operation of which can be dynamically switched by a user between a target mode and an initiator mode. The port may be a Fibre Channel port. The storage system may be a unified storage system operable to provide file-level access and block-level access to stored data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Meneghini, Arthur F. Lent
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROXYING DATA ACCESS COMMANDS IN A STORAGE SYSTEM CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20080133852
    Abstract: A system and method proxies data access commands acrossed a cluster interconnect between storage appliances and a cluster using a file-level protocol. Each storage appliance activates two ports per data access, a local port for data access requests directed to clients of the storage appliance and a proxy port for data access requests directed to the partner storage appliance. Clients utilizing multi-pathing software may send data access requests to either the local port of the storage appliance or the proxy port of the storage appliance. The system and method improves high availability, especially during a loss of connectivity due to non-storage appliance hardware failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Grier, Vijayan Rajan, John Meneghini, Arthur F. Lent
  • System and method for proxying data access commands in a storage system cluster
    Publication number: 20060248047
    Abstract: A system and method proxies data access commands acrossed a cluster interconnect between storage appliances and a cluster using a file-level protocol. Each storage appliance activates two ports per data access, a local port for data access requests directed to clients of the storage appliance and a proxy port for data access requests directed to the partner storage appliance. Clients utilizing multi-pathing software may send data access requests to either the local port of the storage appliance or the proxy port of the storage appliance. The system and method improves high availability, especially during a loss of connectivity due to non-storage appliance hardware failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: James Grier, Vijayan Rajan, John Meneghini, Arthur Lent
  • Dynamic switching of a communication port in a storage system between target and initiator modes
    Publication number: 20050188060
    Abstract: A storage system includes a communication port, the mode of operation of which can be dynamically switched by a user between a target mode and an initiator mode. The port may be a Fibre Channel port. The storage system may be a unified storage system operable to provide file-level access and block-level access to stored data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: John Meneghini, Arthur Lent