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1. 发明授权

US07254016B1 Data storage system with improved serviceability features 有权
标题翻译：数据存储系统具有改进的可维护性特征
公开(公告)号：US07254016B1
公开(公告)日：2007-08-07
申请号：US10853746
申请日：2004-05-25
申请人： Stephen E. Strickland , Adrianna D. Bailey , Steven D. Sardella , Alan McIlvene , Maida Boudreau
发明人： Stephen E. Strickland , Adrianna D. Bailey , Steven D. Sardella , Alan McIlvene , Maida Boudreau
IPC分类号： H05K5/00 , H05K7/00
CPC分类号： G06F1/3203
摘要： A data storage system having an interconnect, storage devices coupled to a first side of the interconnect, and a processing subsystem coupled to a second side of the interconnect that is substantially opposite the first side. The method involves a user (e.g., a customer) receiving a fault signal from the data storage system (e.g., an email notification, a GUI message, an LED pattern, etc.), identifying a component of the data storage system as faulty in response to receiving the fault signal, and replacing the identified component with a new component. In general, the user replaces the identified component in a hot-swapping manner when the identified component is a storage device or a power supply. Additionally, the user replaces the identified component in a powered-down manner when the identified component is a portion of a storage processing circuit (e.g., an internal fan, a memory circuit, a storage processing circuit, etc.).
摘要翻译：具有互连的数据存储系统，耦合到所述互连的第一侧的存储设备，以及耦合到所述互连的第二侧的处理子系统，其基本上与所述第一侧相对。该方法涉及从数据存储系统（例如，电子邮件通知，GUI消息，LED图案等）接收故障信号的用户（例如，客户），将数据存储系统的组件识别为错误响应于接收到故障信号，并用新的组件替换所识别的组件。通常，当识别的组件是存储设备或电源时，用户以热插拔方式替换所识别的组件。此外，当所识别的组件是存储处理电路（例如，内部风扇，存储器电路，存储处理电路等）的一部分时，用户以断电方式替换所识别的组件。

2. 发明授权

US07145776B2 Midplane-less data storage enclosure 有权
标题翻译：无中间数据存储机柜
公开(公告)号：US07145776B2
公开(公告)日：2006-12-05
申请号：US10745100
申请日：2003-12-22
申请人： Joseph P. King, Jr. , Albert F. Beinor, Jr. , John V. Burroughs , Adrianna D. Bailey , Stephen E. Strickland , Maida Boudreau
发明人： Joseph P. King, Jr. , Albert F. Beinor, Jr. , John V. Burroughs , Adrianna D. Bailey , Stephen E. Strickland , Maida Boudreau
IPC分类号： H05K5/00
CPC分类号： G11B33/127 , G11B33/128 , H05K7/20727
摘要： Described is a midplane-less data storage enclosure having a control board module with an electrical connector and a bulkhead assembly with a plurality of spaced-apart disk-drive guides coupled to a bulkhead. The disk-drive guides and bulkhead together define a plurality of disk-drive slots. The bulkhead has connected thereto a plurality of first electrical connectors and a second electrical connector in electrical communication with each of the first electrical connectors. Each slot slidably receives a storage disk drive such that the storage disk drive electrically connects to one of the first electrical connectors. The second electrical connector is electrically connected to the connector of the control board module so that each storage disk drive connected to one of the first electrical connectors is in electrical communication with the control board module.
摘要翻译：描述了一种具有电连接器的控制板模块和具有耦合到隔板的多个间隔开的盘驱动引导件的隔板组件的无中平面数据存储外壳。磁盘驱动器引导件和隔板一起限定多个磁盘驱动器槽。隔板连接有多个第一电连接器和与每个第一电连接器电连通的第二电连接器。每个槽可滑动地接收存储盘驱动器，使得存储盘驱动器电连接到第一电连接器中的一个。第二电连接器电连接到控制板模块的连接器，使得连接到第一电连接器之一的每个存储盘驱动器与控制板模块电连通。

3. 发明授权

US06924986B1 Invertible, pluggable module for variable I/O densities 有权
公开(公告)号：US06924986B1
公开(公告)日：2005-08-02
申请号：US10608745
申请日：2003-06-27
申请人： Steven D. Sardella , Stephen E. Strickland , Bassem N. Bishay , Thomas J. Connor, Jr.
发明人： Steven D. Sardella , Stephen E. Strickland , Bassem N. Bishay , Thomas J. Connor, Jr.
IPC分类号： H01R12/00 , H05K7/10 , H05K7/14
CPC分类号： H05K7/1429 , Y10T29/49128 , Y10T29/4913 , Y10T29/49139 , Y10T29/49147
摘要： Disclosed is a system including a circuit board and several pluggable modules coupled to the circuit board. The several pluggable modules are insertable through side-by-side slots in an enclosure in which the circuit board resides. A first pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a first connector, while a second pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a second connector such that the second pluggable module is laterally offset from the first pluggable module. The first and second connectors are right angle connectors, and the second right angle connector is inverted relative to the first right angle connector. The first and second pluggable modules are I/O modules for transporting high speed differential signals, and wherein the first pluggable module includes several XFP connectors, and wherein the second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors. The second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors arranged on both sides of the pluggable module.

4. 发明授权

US08032785B1 Architecture for managing disk drives 有权
标题翻译：用于管理磁盘驱动器的架构
公开(公告)号：US08032785B1
公开(公告)日：2011-10-04
申请号：US11728749
申请日：2007-03-27
申请人： Jeffrey A. Brown , Steven D. Sardella , Mickey Steven Felton , Joseph P. King, Jr. , Stephen E. Strickland , Bernard Warnakulasooriya , Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.
发明人： Jeffrey A. Brown , Steven D. Sardella , Mickey Steven Felton , Joseph P. King, Jr. , Stephen E. Strickland , Bernard Warnakulasooriya , Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr.
IPC分类号： G06F11/00
CPC分类号： G11B33/125 , G06F3/0614 , G06F3/0635 , G06F11/1662 , G06F11/2005 , G06F11/2089 , G06F11/2094
摘要： Disclosed are ways of providing a highly flexible high availability storage system. Disk drive carriers for insertion into enclosures in a storage system include several disk drives. The enclosures accept carriers that include drives of different sizes, and drives compatible with different storage technologies, for instance Fibre Channel, SATA, or SAS. Drives oriented in their carriers in a manner that allows them to be connected to a common medium via identical flex circuits that are configured based on the orientation of the drives. Redundant controllers include redundant serial buses for transferring management information to the carriers. The carriers include a controller for monitoring the multiple serial buses and producing storage technology specific management commands for the disk drives.
摘要翻译：公开了提供高度灵活的高可用性存储系统的方式。用于插入存储系统中的机箱的磁盘驱动器托盘包括多个磁盘驱动器。机箱接受包含不同大小的驱动器的驱动器，以及与不同存储技术（例如光纤通道，SATA或SAS）兼容的驱动器。以其载体为导向的驱动器，使得它们可以通过基于驱动器方向配置的相同的柔性电路连接到通用介质。冗余控制器包括用于将管理信息传送到运营商的冗余串行总线。运营商包括一个监控多个串行总线的控制器，并为磁盘驱动器生成特定的存储技术管理命令。

5. 发明授权

US07660334B1 Single printed circuit board configuration for a data storage system 有权
标题翻译：用于数据存储系统的单一印刷电路板配置
公开(公告)号：US07660334B1
公开(公告)日：2010-02-09
申请号：US10878075
申请日：2004-06-28
申请人： Stephen E. Strickland , John V. Burroughs , Bassem N. Bishay , Steven D. Sardella
发明人： Stephen E. Strickland , John V. Burroughs , Bassem N. Bishay , Steven D. Sardella
IPC分类号： H04J3/02
CPC分类号： G06F13/1663 , G06F3/0625 , G06F3/0626 , G06F3/0635 , G06F3/0658 , G06F3/0689 , Y02D10/14 , Y02D10/154
摘要： A data storage system includes a first storage processor for storing and retrieving data from a data storage array for at least one host computer; a second storage processor, coupled to the first storage processor by a communication link, for storing and retrieving data from the data storage array for the at least one host computer; a number M of multiplexers, M being greater than one, each of the multiplexers being coupled to the first storage processor and the second storage processor for receiving data signals from the first storage processor and the second storage processor and transmitting the data signals to a disk drive device; a number A of arbiters, each being coupled to the first storage processor, the second storage processor and a number N of the plurality of multiplexers, for receiving arbiter control signals from the first storage processor and the second storage processor and transmitting multiplexer control signals to each of the number N of the plurality of multiplexers; and a midplane device coupled between the plurality of multiplexers and the data storage array for transferring the data signals from the plurality of multiplexers to the data storage array. The first storage processor, the second storage processor, the plurality of multiplexers, the plurality of arbiters and the midplane are all mounted on a single printed circuit board.
摘要翻译：数据存储系统包括：第一存储处理器，用于从用于至少一个主计算机的数据存储阵列中存储和检索数据; 第二存储处理器，通过通信链路耦合到第一存储处理器，用于从用于至少一个主计算机的数据存储阵列存储和检索数据; M个多路复用器，M大于1，每个复用器耦合到第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器，用于从第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器接收数据信号，并将数据信号发送到盘驱动装置; 仲裁器的数量A，每个仲裁器分别耦合到第一存储处理器，第二存储处理器和多个多路复用器的数目N，用于从第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器接收仲裁器控制信号，并将多路复用器控制信号发送到所述多个多路复用器的数量N中的每一个; 以及耦合在所述多个多路复用器和所述数据存储阵列之间的中平面设备，用于将所述数据信号从所述多个复用器传送到所述数据存储阵列。第一存储处理器，第二存储处理器，多个复用器，多个仲裁器和中间板都安装在单个印刷电路板上。

6. 发明授权

US07369380B1 Highly available dual serial bus architecture 有权
标题翻译：高可用的双串行总线架构
公开(公告)号：US07369380B1
公开(公告)日：2008-05-06
申请号：US11431337
申请日：2006-05-10
申请人： Bernard Warnakulasooriya , Steven D. Sardella , Mickey Steven Felton , Stephen E. Strickland , Phillip Roux
发明人： Bernard Warnakulasooriya , Steven D. Sardella , Mickey Steven Felton , Stephen E. Strickland , Phillip Roux
IPC分类号： H02H7/00
CPC分类号： G06F13/409 , G06F1/206 , G06F1/26 , G06F11/0757 , G06F11/2005 , G06F11/2015
摘要： In a highly available storage system, an enclosure includes first and second power supplies, and first and second controller boards. Each of the first and second controller boards includes first and second serial bus controllers. First and second serial buses are coupled to both of the first and second serial bus controllers on each of the first and second controller boards. The first serial bus is coupled to the first power supply, while the second serial bus coupled to the second power supply. The first and second serial buses are used for exchanging enclosure management and environmental information between the first and second power supplies and the first and second controller boards. The first and second serial buses are coupled to isolation switches so that redundant modules can operate if a serial bus controller fails.
摘要翻译：在高度可用的存储系统中，机箱包括第一和第二电源以及第一和第二控制器板。第一和第二控制器板中的每一个包括第一和第二串行总线控制器。第一和第二串行总线在第一和第二控制器板中的每一个上耦合到第一和第二串行总线控制器两者。第一串行总线耦合到第一电源，而第二串行总线耦合到第二电源。第一和第二串行总线用于在第一和第二电源以及第一和第二控制器板之间交换外壳管理和环境信息。第一和第二串行总线耦合到隔离开关，以便在串行总线控制器发生故障时冗余模块可以工作。

7. 发明授权

US07263569B1 Method and system for distributing power in a computer system 有权
标题翻译：在计算机系统中分配电力的方法和系统
公开(公告)号：US07263569B1
公开(公告)日：2007-08-28
申请号：US10955354
申请日：2004-09-30
申请人： Steven D. Sardella , Douglas Sullivan , Stephen E. Strickland
发明人： Steven D. Sardella , Douglas Sullivan , Stephen E. Strickland
IPC分类号： G06F1/24 , G06F1/26 , G06F11/00
CPC分类号： G06F1/26 , G06F13/4081
摘要： An apparatus for distributing power in a computer system includes a power supply device; a processing device including a CPU module and a plurality of I/O modules; and an insert line coupled between the power supply and the processing device. The insert line is connected to each of the CPU module and the plurality of I/O modules before terminating at a ground connection within the processing device. The CPU module and the plurality of I/O modules are powered by the power supply. When one of the CPU module and the plurality of I/O modules is removed from the processing device, the power supply senses that the insert line is no longer grounded, and removes power from the CPU module and the plurality of I/O modules.
摘要翻译：一种用于在计算机系统中分配电力的装置包括：电源装置; 处理装置，包括CPU模块和多个I / O模块; 以及耦合在所述电源和所述处理装置之间的插入线。插入线在终止处理装置内的接地连接之前连接到CPU模块和多个I / O模块中的每一个。 CPU模块和多个I / O模块由电源供电。当从处理装置中取出CPU模块和多个I / O模块中的一个时，电源检测到插入线不再接地，并且从CPU模块和多个I / O模块中移除电力。

8. 发明授权

US07216195B1 Architecture for managing disk drives 有权
标题翻译：用于管理磁盘驱动器的架构
公开(公告)号：US07216195B1
公开(公告)日：2007-05-08
申请号：US10402363
申请日：2003-03-29
申请人： Jeffrey A. Brown , Steven D. Sardella , Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. , Mickey Steven Felton , Joseph P. King, Jr. , Stephen E. Strickland , Bernard Warnakulasooriya
发明人： Jeffrey A. Brown , Steven D. Sardella , Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr. , Mickey Steven Felton , Joseph P. King, Jr. , Stephen E. Strickland , Bernard Warnakulasooriya
IPC分类号： G06F13/00
CPC分类号： G11B33/125 , G06F3/0614 , G06F3/0635 , G06F11/1662 , G06F11/2005 , G06F11/2089 , G06F11/2094
摘要： Disclosed are ways of providing a highly flexible high availability storage system. Disk drive carriers for insertion into enclosures in a storage system include several disk drives. The enclosures accept carriers that include drives of different sizes, and drives compatible with different storage technologies, for instance Fibre Channel, SATA, or SAS. Drives oriented in their carriers in a manner that allows them to be connected to a common medium via identical flex circuits that are configured based on the orientation of the drives. Redundant controllers include redundant serial buses for transferring management information to the carriers. The carriers include a controller for monitoring the multiple serial buses and producing storage technology specific management commands for the disk drives.
摘要翻译：公开了提供高度灵活的高可用性存储系统的方式。用于插入存储系统中的机箱的磁盘驱动器托盘包括多个磁盘驱动器。机箱接受包含不同大小的驱动器的驱动器，以及与不同存储技术（例如光纤通道，SATA或SAS）兼容的驱动器。以其载体为导向的驱动器，使得它们可以通过基于驱动器方向配置的相同的柔性电路连接到通用介质。冗余控制器包括用于将管理信息传送到运营商的冗余串行总线。运营商包括一个监控多个串行总线的控制器，并为磁盘驱动器生成特定的存储技术管理命令。

9. 发明授权

US07502954B1 High availability data storage system 有权
标题翻译：高可用性数据存储系统
公开(公告)号：US07502954B1
公开(公告)日：2009-03-10
申请号：US10854007
申请日：2004-05-26
申请人： Stephen E. Strickland , Timothy Dorr , John V. Burroughs , Michael A. Faulkner , Steven D. Sardella
发明人： Stephen E. Strickland , Timothy Dorr , John V. Burroughs , Michael A. Faulkner , Steven D. Sardella
IPC分类号： G06F11/00
CPC分类号： G06F11/1662 , G06F11/2094
摘要： A data storage system includes a disk drive array including a plurality of disk drives; a first storage processor for controlling the operation of the data storage system; a second storage processor for controlling the operation of the data storage system; a first arbiter for controlling communication of data from the first storage processor and the second storage processor to a first group of disk drives of the disk drive array; and a second arbiter for controlling communication of data from the first storage processor and the second storage processor to a second group of disk drives of the disk drive array. Selected data is redundantly stored on disk drives in the first group of disk drives and the second group of disk drives, such that, upon failure of the first arbiter, the selected data is available to the first storage processor and the second storage processor through the second arbiter.
摘要翻译：数据存储系统包括包括多个磁盘驱动器的磁盘驱动器阵列; 用于控制数据存储系统的操作的第一存储处理器; 用于控制数据存储系统的操作的第二存储处理器; 用于控制来自第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器的数据到盘驱动器阵列的第一组磁盘驱动器的通信的第一仲裁器; 以及第二仲裁器，用于控制来自第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器的数据到盘驱动器阵列的第二组磁盘驱动器的通信。所选数据被冗余地存储在第一组磁盘驱动器和第二组磁盘驱动器中的磁盘驱动器上，使得在第一仲裁器故障时，所选择的数据可用于第一存储处理器和第二存储处理器第二仲裁者

10. 发明授权

US07290330B2 Coupling invertible and pluggable module to a circuit board 有权
标题翻译：将可逆和可插拔模块耦合到电路板
公开(公告)号：US07290330B2
公开(公告)日：2007-11-06
申请号：US11114761
申请日：2005-04-26
申请人： Steven D. Sardella , Stephen E. Strickland , Bassem N. Bishay , Thomas J. Connor, Jr.
发明人： Steven D. Sardella , Stephen E. Strickland , Bassem N. Bishay , Thomas J. Connor, Jr.
IPC分类号： H05K3/30
CPC分类号： H05K7/1429 , Y10T29/49128 , Y10T29/4913 , Y10T29/49139 , Y10T29/49147
摘要： A system including a circuit board and several pluggable modules coupled to the circuit board. The several pluggable modules are insertable through side-by-side slots in an enclosure in which the circuit board resides. A first pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a first connector, while a second pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a second connector such that the second pluggable module is laterally offset from the first pluggable module. The first and second connectors are right angle connectors, and the second right angle connector is inverted relative to the first right angle connector. The first and second pluggable modules are I/O modules for transporting high speed differential signals, and wherein the first pluggable module includes several XFP connectors, and wherein the second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors. The second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors arranged on both sides of the pluggable module.
摘要翻译：一种包括电路板和耦合到电路板的几个可插拔模块的系统。几个可插拔模块可以通过电路板所在的外壳中的并排插槽插入。第一可插拔模块经由第一连接器耦合到电路板，而第二可插拔模块经由第二连接器耦合到电路板，使得第二可插拔模块从第一可插拔模块横向偏移。第一和第二连接器是直角连接器，第二直角连接器相对于第一直角连接器反转。第一和第二可插拔模块是用于传送高速差分信号的I / O模块，并且其中第一可插拔模块包括多个XFP连接器，并且其中第二可插拔模块包括多个SFP连接器。第二可插拔模块包括布置在可插拔模块两侧的多个SFP连接器。

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