Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING STORAGE DEVICE AND PRODUCT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3777132
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, system, and program for setting a connected storage device through a storage adapter.
SOLUTION: The storage adapter is provided with an initialization routine for generating initialization data to write to a storage device when adding a storage space to the storage device so that the storage space can be used by this system. At receiving a request, the storage space is added to the system. A command is transmitted to the storage adapter capable of inhibiting the storage adapter from pertaining the initialization routine. Then, the initialization data for the storage space are generated, and transmitted to the storage adapter to write to the storage space to initialize the storage space.
Inventors:
Michael Thomas Benhaas
David Alan Burton
Robert Louis Morton
David Alan Burton
Robert Louis Morton
Application Number:
JP2002075928A
Publication Date:
May 24, 2006
Filing Date:
March 19, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MASCHINES CORPORATION
International Classes:
G06F3/06; G06F3/00; G06F12/00; G06F13/00; G06F13/10; (IPC1-7): G06F3/06; G06F12/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8161121A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Yoshihiro City
Takeshi Ueno
Tasaichi Tanae
Yoshihiro City
Takeshi Ueno
Tasaichi Tanae
Previous Patent: MULTIPLE WIRING SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD
Next Patent: DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS
Next Patent: DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS