IP Library Granted Patent US 12,158,784
Granted Patent B2
US 12,158,784 · App. 18/116,394 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Drive box

Inventors: Masanori Hori (Tokyo, JP); Ryoma Muto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
G06F1/189G06F1/266
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Patent No.
US 12,158,784
App. No.
18/116,394
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive box includes a power source, a drive group which is constituted of a plurality of storages, a canister which can be replaced, and a midplane which couples the canister and the drive group, wherein the midplane includes a storage apparatus having a memory unit in which data related to at least the drive group is stored, the canister has a communication channel which is coupled to at least one of the plurality of storages, the canister performs I2C communication with the storage apparatus, power is supplied to the canister from the power source by a first supply line which is a power line passing through the midplane, and power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power source via the canister.

Claims (20)

1. A drive box comprising:

a power source;

a drive group which is constituted of a plurality of storages;

a canister which is configured to be replaced; and

a midplane which couples the canister and the drive group, wherein

the midplane includes a storage apparatus having a memory unit in which data related to at least the drive group is stored,

the canister has a communication channel which is coupled to at least one of the plurality of storages,

the canister performs I2C communication with the storage apparatus,

power is supplied to the canister from the power source by a first supply line which is a power line passing through the midplane, and

power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power source via the canister.

2. The drive box according to claim 1 , wherein

power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power source by a first branch line, and

the first branch line branches off from the first supply line in the canister.

3. The drive box according to claim 1 , wherein

the first supply line is coupled to a power-supplied object of the canister, and

power is supplied to the storage apparatus from the power-supplied object.

4. The drive box according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification unit which presents information to an operator, wherein

the canister includes a diagnosis apparatus which is configured to communicate with the storage apparatus, and

the diagnosis apparatus transmits a soft reset command to the storage apparatus when a timeout of communication between an apparatus mounted on the canister and the storage apparatus occurs, and provides notification of a failure of communication with the storage apparatus by using the notification unit when a timeout of the communication with the storage apparatus occurs after the transmission of the soft reset command.

5. The drive box according to claim 4 , wherein the notification unit is a communication apparatus which outputs a command to output any of sound, an image, and light.

Assignments (2)
DE-MERGER EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2024 Recorded Oct 1, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069052/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: HORI, MASANORI; MUTO, RYOMA
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062857/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-173035 · Oct 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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