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US 8,443,114 · App. 12/964,465 · Granted May 14, 2013

System and method for mapping a logical drive status to a physical drive status for multiple storage drives having different storage technologies within a server

Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert (Austin, TX); Indrani Paul (Round Rock, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, LP
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Patent No.
US 8,443,114
App. No.
12/964,465
Filed
Dec 9, 2010
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2181
USPC
710/13
Abstract

An information handling system includes a backplane, a storage drive, and a board management controller. The board management controller is configured to discover a physical drive status of the drive from a storage enclosure processor, to receive a logical drive status of the drive, to read a backplane bay identification for the drive from a peripheral connector interface express extender or serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number, and to construct a routing table for the drive to map the logical drive status with the physical drive status of the drive.

Claims (57)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a first backplane including a first storage enclosure processor;

a second backplane including a second storage enclosure processor, wherein the second backplane has a different type of storage technology than the first backplane;

a first storage drive connected to the first backplane;

a second storage drive connected to the second backplane; and

a board management controller in communication with the storage enclosure processor and with the storage drive, the board management controller configured to discover a first physical drive status of the first storage drive from the second storage enclosure processor and a second physical drive status of the second storage drive from the second storage enclosure processor, to receive a first logical drive status of the first storage drive and a second logical drive status of the second storage drive, to read a backplane bay identification for the storage drive from a peripheral connector interface express extender or serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number, and to construct a routing table for the first storage drive to map the first logical drive status with the first physical drive status and for the second storage drive to map the second logical drive status with the second physical drive status.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

a software redundant array of independent disks controller in communication with the board management controller, the software redundant array of independent disks controller configured to send the logical drive status including a peripheral connector interface express extender or a serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number for the storage drive to the board management controller.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the board management controller is further configured to detect a drive level write for the storage drive, receive the logical drive status and a new drive state for the storage drive, and routing the drive state change to the storage enclosure processor associated with the backplane and a physical drive slot of the storage drive based on the logical drive state of the storage drive.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the board management controller is further configured to detect a drive level read of the storage drive, to receive the physical drive status of the storage drive from the storage enclosure processor of the backplane, to determine the logical drive status for the storage drive from the routing table based on the physical drive status, and to send the logical drive status of the storage drive to a software redundant array of independent disk controller.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 physical drive status includes a backplane slot location, a storage technology, a physical slot mapping, and a cable validation checks of the storage drive.

6. A method comprising:

re-initializing a drive status of a drive of a software redundant array of independent disks controller;

discovering a physical drive status including a backplane slot location, a storage technology, a physical slot mapping, and a cable validation check for the drive via a storage enclosure processor;

determining that the software redundant array of independent disks controller connected to a backplane associated with the drive supports the storage technology of the drive, wherein the software redundant array of independent disks controller is connected to the backplane via a central processing unit;

sending a logical drive status including a peripheral connector interface express extender or a serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number for the drive to a board management controller;

reading a backplane bay identification for the drive from the peripheral connector interface express extender or serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number;

correlating the logical drive status to the software redundant array of independent disks controller;

constructing a routing table for the drive to map the logical drive status with the physical drive status of the drive;

detecting a drive level write for the drive;

notifying an operating system service of a new drive state for the drive based on the logical drive status via the software redundant array of independent disks controller;

sending the logical drive status and the new drive state for the drive to the board management controller from the operating system; and

routing the drive state change to the storage enclosure processor associated with the backplane and a physical drive slot based on the logical drive state of the drive.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

detecting a drive level read of the drive;

receiving the physical drive status of the drive from the storage enclosure processor of the backplane;

determining the logical drive status for the drive from the routing table based on the physical drive status;

sending the logical drive status of the drive to the software redundant array of independent disks controller; and

reading the drive state of the drive is read by the software redundant array of independent disks controller based on the logical drive status of the drive.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the physical drive status include a physical drive slot, a drive state, a drive presence, a bay identification, or the like for the drive.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the determining that the software redundant array of independent disks controller connected to the backplane associated with the drive supports the storage technology of the drive is performed via a cable detection.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the software redundant array of independent disks controller is selected from a group consisting of a serial attached small computer system interface software redundant array of independent disks controller and a peripheral connector interface express solid state drive software redundant array of independent disks controller.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein the peripheral connector interface express extender includes bus, device, and function for the drive.

12. The method of claim 6 wherein the backplane bay identification can be utilized to determine the backplane associated with the drive.

13. A method comprising:

discovering a physical drive status including a backplane slot location, a storage technology, a physical slot mapping, and a cable validation check for a drive via a storage enclosure processor;

determining that a software redundant array of independent disks controller connected to a backplane associated with the drive supports the storage technology of the drive, wherein the software redundant array of independent disks controller is connected to the backplane via a central processing unit;

sending a logical drive status including a peripheral connector interface express extender or a serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number for the drive to a board management controller;

reading a backplane bay identification for the drive from the peripheral connector interface express extender or serial attached small computer system interface chipset logical drive number;

correlating the logical drive status to the software redundant array of independent disks controller; and

constructing a routing table for the drive to map the logical drive status with the physical drive status of the drive.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

detecting a drive level read of the drive;

receiving the physical drive status of the drive from a storage enclosure processor of the backplane;

determining the logical drive status for the drive from the routing table based on the physical drive status;

sending the logical drive status of the drive to the software redundant array of independent disks controller; and

reading the drive state of the drive is read by the software redundant array of independent disks controller based on the logical drive status of the drive.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the physical drive status include a physical drive slot, a drive state, a drive presence, a bay identification, or the like for the drive.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

detecting a drive level write for the drive;

notifying an operating system service of a new drive state for the drive based on the logical drive status via the software redundant array of independent disks controller;

sending the logical drive status and the new drive state for the drive to the board management controller from the operating system; and

routing the drive state change to the storage enclosure processor associated with the backplane and a physical drive slot based on the logical drive state of the drive.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the determining that the software redundant array of independent disks controller connected to the backplane associated with the drive supports the storage technology of the drive is performed via a cable detection.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the software redundant array of independent disks controller is selected from a group consisting of a serial attached small computer system interface software redundant array of independent disks controller and a peripheral connector interface express solid state drive software redundant array of independent disks controller.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the peripheral connector interface express extender includes bus, device, and function for the drive.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the backplane bay identification can be utilized to determine the backplane associated with the drive.

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