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App. No. 15/623,194

SPLIT NVME SSD IMPLEMENTATION USING NVME OVER FABRICS PROTOCOL

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App. No.
15/623,194
Abstract

One implementation of an NVMe storage system uses NVMe over Fabric (NVMf) SSDs. This implementation is built using off-the-shelf RDMA Network Interface Cards (RNIC) to connect the server to the network and then to the NVMf SSDs. The current document discloses a split implementation with the PCI Express/NVMe interface on an NVMe Initiator board plugged into a server and the Flash implemented on one or many network attached Flash (NVMf) devices.

Claims (4)

1 . A Split NVMe implementation comprising:

a PCI Express/NVMe interface on an NVMe Initiator board plugged into a server, and

a Flash implemented on a network-attached NVMf device;

wherein the NVMe initiator interface and the network-attached NVMf device are connected via an NVMe-over-Fabrics protocol.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: STEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, INC.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 051253/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2019
From: KAZAN NETWORKS CORPORATION
To: STEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 050374/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2017
From: THOMPSON, MICHAEL IVAN
To: KAZAN NETWORKS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042718/0842 →