US 11,983,138 B2
Self-configuring SSD multi-protocol support in host-less environment
Sompong Paul Olarig, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/844,995.
Application 16/844,995 is a continuation of application No. 15/256,495, filed on Sep. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,776,305.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/366,622, filed on Jul. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0233831 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/861 (2013.01); H04L 49/90 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 13/4282 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 15/161 (2013.01); G06F 15/17331 (2013.01); H04L 49/9068 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device, comprising:
storage for data;
an interface to a chassis, the interface supporting at least a first transport protocol and a second transport protocol for communicating between the storage device and the chassis, the interface including a Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabric (NVMeoF) interface;
a reading logic to read a data from the chassis, the data including the first transport protocol intended to be used to communicate with the storage device; and
a configuration logic to configure the interface to use the first transport protocol and to disable the second transport protocol responsive to the data,
wherein the storage device includes at least one of a Solid State Drive (SSD), a flash memory, or a hard disk drive.