Granted Patent B2

US 9,710,170 · App. 14/639,442 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

identifying a virtual ATA packet interface (VATAPI) as a SCSI enclosure services (SES) device to a computing device that is coupled to a data storage device;

receiving one or more data storage commands from a communication interface of the data storage device;

providing the one or more data storage commands to the VATAPI; and

receiving one or more results of the one or more data storage commands from the VATAPI.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

parsing the one or more data storage commands; and

processing the one or more data storage commands.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein parsing the one or more data storage commands comprises:

extracting the one or more data storage commands from one or more frame information structure (FIS) packets.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein processing the one or more data storage commands comprises:

providing the one or more data storage commands to one or more command handlers.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing one or more data transfers based on the one or more data storage commands.

6. A data storage device, comprising:

a non-volatile memory; and

a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory, the controller configured to:

identify a virtual ATA packet interface (VATAPI) as a SCSI enclosure services (SES) device to a computing device that is coupled to the data storage device;

receive one or more data storage commands from a communication interface of the data storage device;

provide the one or more data storage commands to the VATAPI; and

receive one or more results of the one or more data storage commands from the VATAPI.

7. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the VATAPI is not associated with a physical device.

8. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more data storage commands comprise one or more SES commands.

9. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more data storage commands comprise one or more redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) commands.

10. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more data storage commands comprise one or more vendor commands.

11. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the VATAPI comprises a destination for the one or more data storage commands.

12. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more data storage commands are received from a storage management application on the computing device.

13. The data storage device of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

provide the one or more results to the storage management application via the communication interface.

14. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

perform one or more data transfers based on the one or more data storage commands.

15. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the communication interface comprises a Thunderbolt interface.

16. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the controller comprises the VATAPI.

17. The data storage device of claim 6 , wherein the VATAPI is configured to:

parse the one or more data storage commands; and

process the one or more data storage commands.

18. The data storage device of claim 17 , wherein the VATAPI is configured to parse the one or more data storage commands by:

extracting the one or more data storage commands from one or more frame information structure (FIS) packets.

19. The data storage device of claim 17 , wherein the VATAPI is configured to process the one or more data storage commands by:

providing the one or more data storage commands to one or more command handlers.

20. A data storage device, comprising:

a means for storing data; and

processing means coupled to the means for storing data, the processing means comprising:

means for identifying a virtual ATA packet interface (VATAPI) as a SCSI enclosure services (SES) device to a computing device that is coupled to the data storage device;

means for receiving one or more data storage commands from a communication interface of the data storage device;

means for providing the one or more data storage commands to the VATAPI; and

means for receiving one or more results of the one or more data storage commands from the VATAPI.

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