US 12,271,606 B2
Software raid/management communication system
Nikhith Ganigarakoppal Kantharaju, Hassan (IN); Sumalatha Pagadala, Bangalore (IN); Sushmitha Naik, Udupi (IN); Dharma Bhushan Ramaiah, Bangalore (IN); Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Bangalore (IN); Shinose Abdul Rahiman, Bangalore (IN); and Rama Rao Bisa, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,136.
Prior Publication US 2025/0044955 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0622 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0637 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A software Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID)/management communication system, comprising:
a chassis;
a management subsystem that is housed in the chassis;
a storage device that is housed in the chassis, that is coupled to the management subsystem, and that includes a storage device memory subsystem; and
a software Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) subsystem that is housed in the chassis and that is coupled to the storage device, wherein the software RAID subsystem is configured to:
provide, in the storage device memory subsystem, a software RAID information request that requests the management subsystem provide software RAID information associated with the operation of a software RAID provided by the software RAID subsystem;
periodically access the storage device memory subsystem and, in response, determine that the management subsystem has provided a software RAID information response in the storage device memory subsystem; and
retrieve, from the storage device memory subsystem in response to identifying that the management subsystem has provided the software RAID information response in the storage device memory subsystem, the software RAID information that was provided in the storage device memory subsystem by the management subsystem.