公开(公告)号：US08463949B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-11

申请号：US12809699

申请日：2010-06-02

申请人： Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Yoshihiro Oikawa

发明人： Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Yoshihiro Oikawa

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/16 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/12

CPC分类号： G06F13/385 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/2005 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2035

摘要： Each communication path between controllers and a plurality of storage devices has a plurality of expanders coupled in series. In order to shorten the time during which the communication path is not used for I/O, either (A) the length of time for which I/O suppression is set for the communication path is shortened, or (B) the overall time it takes for processing other than I/O processing is shortened. In the (A), a determination as to whether or not the coupling between the expanders has been disconnected is made for the I/O-suppressed communication path, and in a case where the result of this determination is negative, a discover process is carried out after releasing the I/O suppression with respect to this communication path. In the (B), the number of command issue times of updating routing control information of the expander is reduced.

摘要翻译： 控制器和多个存储设备之间的每个通信路径具有串联耦合的多个扩展器。 为了缩短通信路径不用于I / O的时间，（A）为通信路径设置I / O抑制的时间长度缩短，或（B）总时间 I / O处理以外的处理缩短。 在（A）中，关于扩展器之间的耦合是否已被断开的确定是针对I / O抑制通信路径进行的，并且在该确定的结果为否定的情况下，发现处理 在释放相对于该通信路径的I / O抑制之后进行。 在（B）中，减少了扩展器的更新路由控制信息的命令发布次数。

公开(公告)号：US20110302368A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-08

申请号：US12809699

申请日：2010-06-02

申请人： Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Yoshihiro Oikawa

发明人： Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Yoshihiro Oikawa

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/385 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0683 ,  G06F11/2005 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2035

摘要： Each communication path between controllers and a plurality of storage devices has a plurality of expanders coupled in series. In order to shorten the time during which the communication path is not used for I/O, either (A) the length of time for which I/O suppression is set for the communication path is shortened, or (B) the overall time it takes for processing other than I/O processing is shortened. In the (A), a determination as to whether or not the coupling between the expanders has been disconnected is made for the I/O-suppressed communication path, and in a case where the result of this determination is negative, a discover process is carried out after releasing the I/O suppression with respect to this communication path. In the (B), the number of command issue times of updating routing control information of the expander is reduced.

摘要翻译： 控制器和多个存储设备之间的每个通信路径具有串联耦合的多个扩展器。 为了缩短通信路径不用于I / O的时间，（A）为通信路径设置I / O抑制的时间长度缩短，或（B）总时间 I / O处理以外的处理缩短。 在（A）中，关于扩展器之间的耦合是否已被断开的确定是针对I / O抑制通信路径进行的，并且在该确定的结果为否定的情况下，发现处理 在释放相对于该通信路径的I / O抑制之后进行。 在（B）中，减少了扩展器的更新路由控制信息的命令发布次数。

公开(公告)号：US08667337B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-04

申请号：US13125901

申请日：2011-04-12

申请人： Takashi Itoyama ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Yoshifumi Mimata

发明人： Takashi Itoyama ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Yoshifumi Mimata

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/079

摘要： Deterioration of performance due to diagnosis processing performed when a failure occurs is prevented.A storage apparatus 10 includes a controller 11A and a plurality of expanders 112A, 121A coupled to the controller 11A to form a first system, and includes a controller 11B and a plurality of expanders 112B, 121B coupled to the controller 11B to form a second system. The controller 11A accesses the storage drive 171 through the expanders 112A, 121A, and the second controller 11B accesses the storage drive through the expanders 112B, 121B. In the storage apparatus 10, the controller 11A stores a maximum number (concurrently-executable maximum number) of communication ports 80 that are concurrently diagnosable in the first system, and repeatedly executes a process of selecting the communication ports 80 not exceeding the concurrently-executable maximum number and a process of causing the expanders 112A, 121A to diagnose the selected communication ports 80.

摘要翻译： 防止由故障发生时执行的诊断处理而引起的性能恶化。 存储装置10包括控制器11A和耦合到控制器11A的多个扩展器112A，121A以形成第一系统，并且包括控制器11B和耦合到控制器11B的多个扩展器112B，121B，以形成第二系统 。 控制器11A通过扩展器112A，121A访问存储驱动器171，第二控制器11B通过扩展器112B，121B访问存储驱动器。 在存储装置10中，控制器11A存储在第一系统中同时可诊断的通信端口80的最大数量（同时可执行的最大数量），并且重复执行选择不超过同时执行的通信端口80的处理 最大数量和使扩展器112A，121A诊断所选择的通信端口80的处理。

公开(公告)号：US20130191576A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-25

申请号：US13500118

申请日：2012-01-24

申请人： Chengtao Chiang ,  Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Takashi Itoyama

发明人： Chengtao Chiang ,  Yoshifumi Mimata ,  Takashi Itoyama

IPC分类号： G06F13/14

CPC分类号： G06F8/654 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0689

摘要： Regarding an additional storage chassis used by being connected to a basic chassis equipped with a storage controller, provided is a computer system capable of changing or updating a firmware environment of the additional storage chassis so that normal operation of the additional storage chassis can be secured on the user side even if the operation different from the operation, which was guaranteed at the time of factory shipment, is executed on the user.The present invention provides a computer system including a basic chassis equipped with a storage controller for controlling data I/O between a host computer and a storage system, and an additional chassis equipped with a plurality of storage drives to configure the storage system, wherein when a connection-target additional chassis is connected to a connection-source additional chassis connected to the basic chassis, the storage controller compares a data communication attribute of the connection-target additional chassis with a data communication attribute of the connection-source additional chassis and updates the data communication attribute of the connection-target additional chassis in accordance with a comparison result.

摘要翻译： 关于通过连接到配备有存储控制器的基本机箱所使用的附加存储机架，提供了能够改变或更新附加存储机架的固件环境的计算机系统，使得可以确保附加存储机架的正常操作 即使在用户方面执行与出厂时保证的操作不同的操作的用户方。 本发明提供了一种计算机系统，包括配备有用于控制主计算机和存储系统之间的数据I / O的存储控制器的基本机箱，以及配备有多个存储驱动器以配置存储系统的附加机架，其中何时 连接目标附加机箱连接到连接到基本机箱的连接源附加机箱，存储控制器将连接目标附加机架的数据通信属性与连接源附加机箱的数据通信属性进行比较 根据比较结果连接目标附加机箱的数据通信属性。

公开(公告)号：US20120266027A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-18

申请号：US13125901

申请日：2011-04-12

申请人： Takashi Itoyama ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Yoshifumi Mimata

发明人： Takashi Itoyama ,  Ikuya Yagisawa ,  Yoshifumi Mimata

IPC分类号： G11C29/08 ,  G06F11/26

CPC分类号： G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/079

摘要： Deterioration of performance due to diagnosis processing performed when a failure occurs is prevented.A storage apparatus 10 includes a controller 11A and a plurality of expanders 112A, 121A coupled to the controller 11A to form a first system, and includes a controller 11B and a plurality of expanders 112B, 121B coupled to the controller 11B to form a second system. The controller 11A accesses the storage drive 171 through the expanders 112A, 121A, and the second controller 11B accesses the storage drive through the expanders 112B, 121B. In the storage apparatus 10, the controller 11A stores a maximum number (concurrently-executable maximum number) of communication ports 80 that are concurrently diagnosable in the first system, and repeatedly executes a process of selecting the communication ports 80 not exceeding the concurrently-executable maximum number and a process of causing the expanders 112A, 121A to diagnose the selected communication ports 80.

摘要翻译： 防止由故障发生时执行的诊断处理而引起的性能恶化。 存储装置10包括控制器11A和耦合到控制器11A的多个扩展器112A，121A以形成第一系统，并且包括控制器11B和耦合到控制器11B的多个扩展器112B，121B，以形成第二系统 。 控制器11A通过扩展器112A，121A访问存储驱动器171，第二控制器11B通过扩展器112B，121B访问存储驱动器。 在存储装置10中，控制器11A存储在第一系统中同时可诊断的通信端口80的最大数量（同时可执行的最大数量），并且重复执行选择不超过同时执行的通信端口80的处理 最大数量和使扩展器112A，121A诊断所选择的通信端口80的处理。