Patents by Inventor Sudhir T. Ponnachana

Sudhir T. Ponnachana 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).

  • In-band management using an intelligent adapter and methods thereof
    Patent number: 9507524
    Abstract: Machine implemented method and system for in-band management is provided. The method includes generating a management command from a first adapter having a storage protocol controller; and using a transport driver at the first adapter for sending the management command to a second adapter via the port that is also used for sending any input/output requests to read and write information to and from a storage device, where the management command is in a same format as a write command block for writing information at the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
    Inventors: Shishir Shah, Sudhir T. Ponnachana
  • Methods and systems for an intelligent storage adapter used for both SAN and local storage access
    Patent number: 9232005
    Abstract: An adapter for processing requests from a computing device is provided. The adapter includes a processor executing: a storage protocol driver for interfacing with a storage protocol controller that communicates with a storage device of a storage area network (SAN) via a port for providing SAN connectivity to the adapter; and a storage driver for interfacing with a solid state storage device managed by the adapter and available to the computing device as a local caching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
    Inventors: Shishir Shah, Ajmer Singh, Charles Micalizzi, Jr., Sudhir T. Ponnachana