Inventor
SMITH ERIK
US31 patents
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DELL PRODUCTS LP
24 patentsUS11489723B2Nov 1, 2022
Multicast domain name system (mDNS)-based pull registration
DELL PRODUCTS LP10 citations85
US11543966B1Jan 3, 2023
Direct discovery controller multicast change notifications for non-volatile memory express™ over fabrics (NVME-OF™) environments
DELL PRODUCTS LP10 citations84
US11907530B2Feb 20, 2024
Scalable quality of service (QoS) for a nonvolatile memory express™ environment
DELL PRODUCTS LP6 citations75
US11520518B2Dec 6, 2022
Non-volatile memory express over fabric (NVMe-oF) zone subsets for packet-by-packet enforcement
DELL PRODUCTS LP6 citations75
US11809268B1Nov 7, 2023
Discovering host-switch link and ISL issues from the storage array
DELL PRODUCTS LP3 citations73
US11561705B2Jan 24, 2023
Centralized discovery controller storage provisioning
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations73
US11818031B2Nov 14, 2023
Automated internet protocol (IP) route update service for ethernet layer 3 (L3) IP storage area networks (SANs)
DELL PRODUCTS LP6 citations72
US11805171B2Oct 31, 2023
Automated ethernet layer 3 (L3) connectivity between non-volatile memory express over fabric (NVMe-oF) hosts and NVM-oF subsystems using bind
DELL PRODUCTS LP6 citations72
US11301398B2Apr 12, 2022
Symbolic names for non-volatile memory express (NVMe™) elements in an NVMe™-over-fabrics (NVMe-oF™) system
DELL PRODUCTS LP3 citations72
US11237997B2Feb 1, 2022
Target driven zoning for ethernet in non-volatile memory express over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) environments
DELL PRODUCTS LP4 citations72
US11163716B2Nov 2, 2021
Discovery controller registration of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) elements in an NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) system
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations72
US11463521B2Oct 4, 2022
Dynamic connectivity management through zone groups
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations71
US12026402B2Jul 2, 2024
Discovery log entry identifiers (DLEIDs) for devices in non-volatile memory express™-over fabrics (NVMe-oF™) environments
DELL PRODUCTS LP3 citations68
US12309029B2May 20, 2025
Zerotouch border gateway protocol (BGP) configuration in non-volatile memory express over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) environments
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations62
US11489921B2Nov 1, 2022
Kickstart discovery controller connection command
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations62
US11989461B2May 21, 2024
Preventing unauthorized access to non-volatile memory (NVM) subsystem namespaces
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations61
US12307129B2May 20, 2025
Systems and methods for command execution request for pull model devices
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations57
US12039199B2Jul 16, 2024
Discovery log entry identifiers (DLEIDs) applications in non-volatile memory express® environments
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations56
US12265737B2Apr 1, 2025
Command tags
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US12118231B2Oct 15, 2024
Systems and methods for NVMe over fabric (NVMe-oF) namespace-based zoning
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US11985066B2May 14, 2024
Retrieving congestion configuration information automatically from a centralized repository
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US12513209B2Dec 30, 2025
NVMe over TCP connection performance optimization on high latency networks
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US12170610B2Dec 17, 2024
Zoning configurations and border gateway protocol (BGP) route maps for route advertisements
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US11240308B2Feb 1, 2022
Implicit discovery controller registration of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) elements in an NVME-over-fabrics (NVMe-oF) system
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51