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`ORACLE EXHIBIT 1024
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`there's no access to devices three,
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`four and five.
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`-Q. Okay. And so if we go back to the colorized version of
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`exhibit 552, which computer screen shot were we looking at
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`then?
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`A. We were looking at the left computer the one shown in
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`blue.
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`Q.
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`Now, should we look at the right one?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. And now I'm showing, again, a screen shot
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`from exhibit
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`110, your Honor, showing right G 06, windows explore er with
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`ones three four and five enabled for right system and what is
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`this showing?
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`A. This is the windows ex er showing what the right system
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`can see for storage devices and three external devices labeled
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`blue, purple and orange.
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`Q.
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`It's a few pages later and it's also on the graphic
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`exhibit in you want to look at them.
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`MR. BAHLER: What graphic exhibit?
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`A.
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`The blue, purple and yellow are -- blue, purple and orange
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`are devices three,
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`four and five.
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`MR. ALCOCK:
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`Q. Okay. And so now let's go back to exhibit 564. What is
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`exhibit 564 showing?
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`A. This is a composite of the three slides we've showed for
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`access control;' The Pathlight sun director,
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`the left computer
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`and the right computer.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`So what is this showing us,
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`then?
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`Showing the correspondence between the checkmarks on the
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`Pathlight SAN director and the devices that are available to
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`the particular computers.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Now, how does this show access controls?
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`It shows that we have allowed access to certain devices to
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`a particular computer and not to —— and that computer does
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`clot have access to other devices.
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`Q. Okay.
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`So by operating the management station, you can
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`control the access of the left and the right computer to the
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`various remote storage devices?
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`A. Yes, that's true.
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`Q. And in effect, here it shows that those computers can't
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`even see those storage devices on their computer screen;
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`is
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`that right?
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`A. That's correct.
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`Q.
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`How would they get access to them?
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`I was unable to do that.
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`I tried doing that by running
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`SCSI —- a SCSI commands director to the particular addresses
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`and simply said the device was not recognized.
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`Q. Lastly,
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`let me show you exhibit 611. What is exhibit 611?
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`A. This is an excerpt
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`from the Pathlight from one of the
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`manuals.
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`It's gateway,
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`I believe. And it shows the use of
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`the SAN director and the privileges that one might have in
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`terms of using the Pathlight SAN director. There are --
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`Q.
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`Now, hold on one second. Let's just step back for the a
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`moment T SAN director is what?
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`MR. BAHLER: Counsel,
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`I don't have 611 in the book.
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`MR. ALCOCK:
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`I apologize.
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`It was left out.
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`You were
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`given a copy of all the graphics earlier, counsel, every
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`single one of them.
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`MR. ALCOCK:
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`VQ. Continue.
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`A. Would you repeat the question?
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`Q. What is exhibit 611 showing?
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`A.
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`It's showing the -- how one uses the SAN director. And in
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`particular, it says that there are two different privilege
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`modes that one might have in using the SAN director.
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`One is a
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`user privilege which simply allows you to look at things that
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`is —— you could look at the access control and the
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`administrator mode which allows you to actually change access
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`control.
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`Both of those actually require a pass word for access
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`before you can do anything. Here is a administrator's pass
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`word screen shot here when you log on to the Pathlight SAN
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`director, it asks you who you are and your pass word.
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`Q. Okay.
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`So does the products that you've tested have the
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`element of the claim including the access control limitation?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Q. Okay.
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`Now, finally we'll move to exhibit 565 and what is
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`that showing, sir?
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`A. This is showing the final element of claim 1 in which we
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`talk about the native low level block protocol, and the text
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`down there comes from a computer screen where I was actually
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`operating the devices with SCSI commands addressing a
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`particular device.
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`Q.
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`So the bottom is another one of those screen shots from
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`your computer?
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`A. Yes, it is.
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`Q)
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`A.
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`And what does that show?
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`It shows that I have addressed this device with a
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`particular bus,
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`target and LUN which is the SCSI addressing
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`mechanism that I was actually was able to find that device and
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`I actually execute commands against it.
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`Q. Okay.
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`Now,
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`let me take us back to exhibit 559.
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`A word
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`that we didn't talk about is virtual local storage.
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`Is that
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`an element of this claim and some of the other claims?
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`A. Yes, it is.
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`Q.
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`And do these devices have that?
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`Yes,
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`they do.
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`Can you explain?
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`Virtual local storage is what you get —- is defined as --
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`Q.
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`I've got blank.
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`I'm sorry. Storage that has the appearance
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`and characteristics of local storage.
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`It's what you get when
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`you combine mapping, virtual -- native low level block
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`protocol and access control.
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`Q. Okay. Let me put before you an exhibit, a number of which
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`I'll give you a in a second and can you explain what that is?
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`A. This is a summary of claim 1.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`It's exhibit 572 for the record, your Honor.
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`A summary of claim 1, a summary of the graphics that youv
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`saw as we went through the claimed elements so that you can
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`see that each one of these looks exactly as you saw on the
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`graphics.
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`Q. Okay.
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`Now I'm going to put before you claim 7.
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`‘There
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`were three independent claims in the patent, sir?
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`A. Yes, that's right.
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`Q.
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`And is this the next
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`independent claim?
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`A. This is the next one.
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`Q.
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`And how does is this different from the other claim that
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`we just looked at?
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`A.
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`The first claim that we looked at was the claim that
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`described the storage router. This one starts off describing
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`a storage network, Pathlight product.
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`It's not a network,
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`it's a router.
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`Q. Okay. But does it go in a network?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Does it have any use other than being in a network?
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`Nothing substantial.
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`Q. Okay. And so does the products have all the elements of
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`claim 7?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Q. Okay.
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`I've put before you exhibit 575. Does that help
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`you explain this quickly?
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`A. Yes, it does. But we have a storage network which has
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`such characteristics which show a photograph of the device of
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`the Pathlight SAN gateway.
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`The block diagram, again. We have
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`a fiber channel transport medium emphasized in red here. We
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`have the SCSI bus transport medium emphasized in blue. We
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`have Fibre Channel transport medium is just the light pipe.
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`The SCSI bus transform medium is the SCSI came.
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`Work stations,
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`shows work stations and there are
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`references all through the documentation to work stations.
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`Plurality of SCSI storage devices connected to the SCSI bus,
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`connected to the fiber channel.
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`So it has all the elements of
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`claim 7.
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`It has all the elements of claim 7, and the storage
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`router itself is in the middle of this network, and it has
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`exactly the same characteristics that are described in claim
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`1.
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`Q.
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`Can you check those off?
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`A. Yes. Mapping, access controls, native low level block
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`protocol.
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`Q. Okay.
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`Now, claim 11 is the last independent claim.
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`What's the basic difference between that and the other claims?
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`A.
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`The other claims claim specific hardware. This claims a
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`method of doing something which looks remarkably familiar to
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`you by now.
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`Q. And just quickly showing you exhibit 578. Does it neat
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`the elements of the method claim 11?
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`A. Yes, it does. We have, again, we have a means describe --
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`that's described by looking at the product itself and at the
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`block diagram. We have a means of connecting to the Fibre
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`Channel, means of connect together the SCSI bus.
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`Q.
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`Can you check the boxes for us?
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`A. Uh-huh. We have another graphic on the rest of that?
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`Q. Exhibit 579?
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`A. Yes, means of maintaining a configuration. We've got
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`through that. Access controls, means of allowing access in
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`accordance with configuration using native low level block
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`protocol.
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`So we've covered all those things before.
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`Q.
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`Now, very quickly Dr. Hodges because we are running out of
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`_ our allotted time here, exhibit —- I'm going to ask you very
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`briefly about the dependent claims. Right now we've covered
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`three independent claims. What's a dependent claim?
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`A.
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`A dependent claim is one that incorporates all of the
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`elements of the independent claim plus something else.
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`Q. Okay. Let's go through claims 2,
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`8 and 14 and I've shown
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`you exhibit 580. Did they infringe those claims?
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`A. Yes,
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`they do. yClaim 2,
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`8 and 14 are all similar and they.
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`require that one have only one computer that has access to a
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`particular device and the access control that I defined in
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`previously was —— covers that.
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`Q. Okay.
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`I'm showing you exhibit 581 and I'll ask your
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`opinion with respect to claims 3 and 13.
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`A. Claims 3 and 13 indicate that the Fibre Channel devices
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`could have -- could be work stations. Work stations are
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`mentioned in a lot of different places in the manuals and
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`web site and various diagrams.
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`Q. Okay.
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`Now, exhibit 582 showing claims 4,
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`9 and 14.
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`they infringe those claims?
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`A. Yes,
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`the SCSI storage devices,
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`the hard disk drives,
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`show pictures and discussion of that throughout the
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`documentation.
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`Q. And lastly, claims 5 and 6.
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`Do they infringe those,
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`A. Claims 5 and 6, you have a graphic on that?
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`Q. Exhibit 569 and I'm going to focus you on the bottom
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`claims.
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`A. This way I don't leave anything out. Claim 5 describes
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`the router as in claim 1, but further defines the Fibre
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`Channel controller that has a fiber channel protocol unit,
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`first in, first out cue, direct memory access,
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`technical terms
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`all of which are contained in the Fibre Channel controller
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`found by looking at the data sheets and manuals for the
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`control that is used.
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`The same thing is true on claim 6.
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`The elements are
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`all there looking at the manuals and data sheets for the SCSI
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`controller that's used in the device.
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`Q. Okay. Have a seat, sir. While you're doing that,
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`I'm
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`going to put up a page of exhibit 153.
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`It's page 109 of
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`exhibit 153.
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`It's a page from if Pathlight web site.
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`So far,
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`Dr. Hodges, have all the tests that you've done,
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`the screen
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`shots that we've shown have been used with this VPS software?
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`A. That's correct.
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`Q.
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`Now, earlier you mentioned you tested it with another kind
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`of software. What was that?
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`A. That's called channel zoning.
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`Q. Okay. And showing exhibit 109 and I'm putting a portion
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`of it, Pathlight SAN gateway solve these type of problems with
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`two levels of access control.
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`The first method offered by SAN
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`gateway is channel access control or zoning.
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`Is that the
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`other kind that question haven't talked about yet?
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`A. Yes.
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`MR. BAHLER: Counselor, you just mentioned 109. Are
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`you within Plaintiff's Exhibit 153?
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`MR. ALCOCK: Exhibit 153 point 109 and at the end of
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`your book are a handful of pages and in it is this included.
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`MR. BAHLER:
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`Thank you.
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`MR. ALCOCK:
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`Q1 Let me take a look at page 110.
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`Panels Pathlight's
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`channel access control inhibits devices from knowing that the
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`storage channel exists, making it inaccessible.
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`Do you agree
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`with that statement?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`And what test did you perform the confirm that in fact is
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`the case?
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`A.
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`I reconfigured my test setup so that each of the computers
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`was on a separate fiber channel port and I reconfigured the
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`disk drives to have some of them on two different SCSI ports.
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`Q. Okay. Let me show you exhibit 607. What is exhibit 607?
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`A. This is a screen shot for the Pathlight SAN director
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`again, channel zoning control, and the color is added.
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`Q. And what are you doing here?
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`A. What I'm doing here is setting up the access control for
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`the channel zoning.
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`Q. Okay. Let me show you exhibit 606. What does that show,
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`sir?
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`A. This shows a picture of how things are connected. This is
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`again the Pathlight SAN director.
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`They have an information
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`screen that will show you this kind of thing.
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`You can see
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`that the -- in the upper section,
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`the SCSI devices,
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`there are
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`three devices connected to SCSI channel one and two connected
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`to SCSI channel
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`two and that the two computers are connected
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`to two different Fibre Channels.
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`‘Q.
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`And what is the right—hand of this thing show -—'I mean
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`the left—hand side of it show?
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`A. That's what
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`I was just talking about.
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`Q. Oh,
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`I'm sorry.
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`So which are connected to which fiber a
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`channel?
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`A.
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`The checkmarks in the previous graphic show that Fibre
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`Channel one was connected to SCSI channel one and not to SCSI
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`channel
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`two.
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`So you'll see the Fibre Channel one outlined in
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`red here connected to SCSI channel one should be able to see
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`only devices one,
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`three and five which are connected to the
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`SCSI for that channel. And the same —— similarly for fiber
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`channel
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`two.
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`Q. Okay.
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`So let me show you exhibit 608. What is that a
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`screen shot of?
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`A.
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`Screen shot of the windows explore er showing what is
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`available to the left computer.
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`The left computer, you'll
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`recall, was on fiber channel
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`1 and was allowed access to SCSI
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`kennel
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`1 which contained devices one,
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`three and five,
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`that is
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`the red, blue and orange devices.
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`Q; Okay. And let me show you exhibit 609. What is that
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`depict?
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`A. That is the right computer, windows explore er showing
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`what's accessible to the right computer. Again,.it was on —-
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`it was on fiber channel
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`two with access to SCSI channel
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`two
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`and we see that SCSI channel
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`two had devices two and four,
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`purple and green.
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`Q.
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`So is this channel zoning access controls?
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`A. Yes, it is.
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`Q. Does it perform the same function as the access controls
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`in the claims?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Q. Does it do it in a substantially the same way?
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`Yes, it does.
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`Does it achieve the same result?
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`Yes, it does.
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`Q. with respect to all the claim elements of all the claims,
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`do they perform the same function as the claims -— with
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`respect to all the functions we've talked about with the
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`devices, are they performing the same function as in the
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`claims?
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`A. Yes,
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`they are.
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`Q.
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`And do they do it in substantially the same way?
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`A. Substantially the same way.
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`Q. And does it achieve substantially the same result with
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`respect to every claim element?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Q. And so do you determine every element of every claim being
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`present in those devices?
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`A. Yes,
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`I did.
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`Q.
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`Then I
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`think you better check that last box.
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`A. which one did'I leave off? Oh.
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`Q.
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`Pass the witness, your Honor.
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`BY MR. BAHLER:
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`Q. Dr. Hodges, I'd like to talk to you for just a second,
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`‘first of all, about this concept of access controls.
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`It's a
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`word that although you weren't here, Mr. Alcock wrote in big
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`letters on a board that's right over there. And what is --
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`does access control require any form of security in your mind?
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`A. Yes, it does.
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`Q. Okay. What security's required?
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`A. Similar to locally attached storage.
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`Q. Okay. What does the security of -— or the security of
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`locally attached storage means for example, at least in your
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`opinion,
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`that no other hosts can access that storage, right?
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`A. Not exactly.
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`Q. What is your idea of security with respect to local
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`storage?
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`A.
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`No unauthorized host can have access to the storage.
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`The
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`security should be similar to what you would if you had
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`something attached the a local compute.
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`Q.
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`So in your mind access control does not prohibit access to
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`-storage devices by hosts that are prohibited from —- or that
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`are —— that the access control
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`intends to exclude?
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`MR. ALCOCK: Objection, your Honor. Vague and
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`ambiguous.
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`MR. BAHLER:
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`I'll withdraw it.
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`Q. There your opinion, access control is not —— does not
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`prohibit other hosts from getting access?
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`A.
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`It does not prohibit unauthorized —- excuse me.
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`It does
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`not prohibit authorized hosts from getting access.
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`Q. But does it prohibit unauthorized hosts from getting
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`access?
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`A. Yes.
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`I
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`Q. All right. Prohibit --
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`A.
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`To the degree that it would prohibit it with local
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`storage.
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`Q.
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`I'd like to show you what's on the board as exhibit -4
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`this is Defendant's Exhibit 1. This is figure 3.
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`Now,
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`the
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`thing in the Pathlight or I'm sorry,
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`the Crossroads patent
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`that governs access control is this thing called the
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`management station, correct?
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`A.
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`No, sir.
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`Q.— Well,
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`the management station is required to -- well,
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`the
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`storage router ultimately accomplishes the function of access
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`control, correct?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. All right. And the settings in the storage router that
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`accomplish that function are done by the management station,
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`correct?
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`A. Yes..
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`Q. All right.
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`And the work stations don't make those
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`settings, right?
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`A. Work stations that do not have management capability or do
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`not do that.
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`Q. Right. Well,
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`take a look at —— column 4 of the patent,
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`right around line 33.
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`Do you see that, sir?
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`A.
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`I see what are you referring to?
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`Q. Well, it talks about
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`the management station 76 and that's
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`the one that we were just looking at in figure 3, right?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`It says the management station 76 can be connected
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`directly to storage router 56 via connection, direct
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`connection or can interface with the storage router 56 through
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`either Fibre Channel 52 or SCSI bus 54.
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`Do you see that?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Can I read the rest of that paragraph, sir?
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`Sure.’ Do you have a copy of the patent?
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`Yes,
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`I do. This is which column?
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`Column 4,
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`line 33..
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`Column 4?
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`Column 4,
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`line 33.
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`I'm sorry. My copy is not very good.
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`I was looking at
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`line 23. Yes, sir.
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`Q. All right.
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`Just after that, it says in the latter case,
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`and that is when the management station is connected to the,
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`for example, Fibre Channel bus,
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`the management station can be
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`a work station.
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`Do you see that?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. All right. Referring back to figure —— to your 3,
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`that
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`means this management station right here on figure 3 doesn't
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`have to be connected right here, it doesn't have to be
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`connected right here, but it can be connected directly to the
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`SCSI bus, right?
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`A. That's allowed --
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`Q.' Right there,
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`right?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`And in that case; according to that section of column 4,
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`it could be a work station, right?
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`Just like all the other
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`hosts on there, right?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`No, sir.
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`How is it different?
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`It's a management station that has special rights.
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`All right, sir. Could that management station be within
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`of the work stations that already exists?
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`I don't know what that means.
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`Well, I've got a management station here that according to
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`patent can be a work station, right?
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`Yes.
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`And then, I've got a whole bunch of work stations over
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`here,
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`too, right?
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`A. Yeah.
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`Q. Well wouldn't it make sense rather than have a management
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`station dedicated to or work station dedicated to the
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`management station wouldn't it just make sense to put the
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`management station, combine it with one of those work
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`stations?
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`A.
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`You could do that.
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`Q. You could actually put it in more than one work station,
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`right?
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`A.
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`One could do that.
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`You could put it in all work stations, right?‘
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`If you wanted to do that.
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`Q.
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`And in that case, all hosts could get access, right?
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`A All hosts could -— would have the capability -— all hosts
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`would be management stations.
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`Q. Right.
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`A.
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`Q.
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`You would have the capability of changing access.
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`In that case -- all right. Now,
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`if all hosts can get
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`access to storage at any time, what kind of access control is
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`it?
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`A.
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`It's controlled by the management station which has
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`special rights.
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`The management station itself has pass word
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`protection for the administration so that only the authorized
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`people can make the changes.
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`Q. Well, --
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`A.
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`ItPs no different from having dedicated management
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`station.
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`Q. Well,
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`the hypothetical I've posed for you, Dr. Hodges, was
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`that each and every work station, A, B, C, D and E has
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`management functions. That means that each one of those work
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`stations can adjust access control, right?
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`A. Given the appropriate pass word by the administrator.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Is that a yes?
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`The administrator could control access from any work
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`stations.
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`Q. Right. Okay.
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`A.
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`It does not mean that any work station will willy-nilly
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`change it.
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`Q. Well, if any work station can change access control and,
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`therefore, permit that work station to gain access to the
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`storage,
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`then there is,
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`in fact, no access control?
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`A.
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`I'm sorry.
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`The work stations —— the control software in
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`the work station can —— is what can change the access control
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`and one can choose to -- one can expect to have minimum --
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`have special rights for an administrator.
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`So an administrator
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`can use any work station to change.
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`Q. Well, I've just given you a hypothetical with the
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`management function is in all work stations and so they all
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`have special rights. That's a possibility, right?
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`A. One could con figure it that way if one desired.
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`Q. All right.
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`"And in that case, any work station can get
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`access to any storage at any time, right?
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`A.
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`If one chose not to provide the protection that is
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`inherent in the patent, yes.
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`Q. Well,
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`the patent says that the management station can be
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`connected to the Fibre Channel, right?
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`A. One could choose not to provide any management -- any
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`protection at all in one wanted to.
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`Q. And that would be access control that would be covered by
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`the patent in your opinion?
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`A.
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`The access control is provided by the device. That's if
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`it's available.
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`Q.
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`Is the way that device —— by the device, you mean the
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`storage router?
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`A. Access control is provided by the storage router,
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`the
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`administration is available as desired by the administrator,
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`and the function is there.
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`-
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`Q. But —— okay. Let me make sure I have this right.
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`The
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`management station just serves to set the configuration that's
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`maintained by the router which ultimately accomplishes access
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`control, right?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`And there's nothing in the claims directed to the
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`management station,
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`is there? You didn't check any boxes
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`anywhere that said management station,
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`right?
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`A. That's true.
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`Management station isn't in that claim,
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`is it?
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`There's no -- those words are not used in the claim.
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`What is used in the claim is -- this is claim 1.
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`It says to maintain a configuration for SCSI storage
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`diseases connected to the SCSI bus transport medium, right?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q.
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`So it's the maintenance of that configuration,
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`that's
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`what's required, right?
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`A. That's what is required.
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`Q.
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`And that has nothing to do with how those -— that
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`configuration is set by the management station, right?
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`A. That's not addressed in the claim. And the function --
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`what is addressed by the claims is the function that's
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`provided by the router.
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`Q. And,
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`in fact,
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`the claims don't say anything about how that
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`configuration is set, right?
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`A.. They do not.
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`Q. Could be set by the SCSI reserve command, right?
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`No.
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`Why not?
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`The SCSI reserve command being implemented according to
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`SCSI specification is not sufficient access control.
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`Why not?
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`Because it does not provide the kind of access control
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`that is available for local storage.
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`You do not have virtual
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`local storage from that.
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`Q. We'll get to that in just a second.
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`I'm talking about
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`access control right now, all right?
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`A. Access control is illuminated by the virtual local
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`storage.
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`It tells you what kind of access control is
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`required.
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`Q. Well, actually virtual local storage in claim 1 appears up
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`here at the top,
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`right? Providing virtual local storage,
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`right? And access controls's down here,
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`right? Those are the
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`same in your opinion?
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`A. They're not the same, no, sir.
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`Q. Well, so in your opinion,
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`a device that's configured like
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`that shown in figure 3 that uses the SCSI reserve command to
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`set that configuration,
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`that performs access control in your‘
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`opinion, right?
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`A. No, sir.
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`Q. Okay. Why not?
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`A.
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`It does not meet the requirements for virtual local
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`storage.
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`Q. No, no, no.
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`It doesn't meet the requirements for access
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`control?
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`A. No, sir.
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`Q.
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`So they're the same,
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`the requirements are the same or are
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`they different, Dr. Hodges?
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`A. Which requirement?
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`Q. Requirement for virtual local storage on the one hand and
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`access control on the other hand?
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`A. Virtual local storage describes what is expected of the
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`storage device and illuminates what kinds ever access control
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`is require.
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`Q. All right. One of the reasons is because any host
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`connected to the storage router when the configuration has
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`been set up using this reserve command, any of those hosts can
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`change access at any time, right?
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`A. That's true.
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`Q. Dr. Hodges,
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`I just posed for you a hypothetical a second
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`ago where all of the work stations have management capability,
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`all of them can set access, and you said that that was access
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`controls still?
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`A.
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`The access control function in previous case was present
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`in the router. That's what the patent is about, what is
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`present in the router.
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`Q. Right. Reserve and release do not provide within the
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`router the capability for doing the same kind of access
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`control. Reserve and release. Well, let's forget about
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`release, let's talk about reserve,
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`reserve makes settings in
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`that router, correct?
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`A.
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`Its could.
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`Q.
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`It changes modifiable set information the router, within
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`the router,
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`right?
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`A.
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`Its could.
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`Q.
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`It could, it does,
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`that's the way its works, right?
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`MR. ALCOCK: Objection, your Honor. Beyond the scope
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`of redirect. Reserve release is part of their invalidity
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`case.
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`THE COURT:
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`The objection's overruled.
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`MR. BAHLER:
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`Thank you, your Honor.
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`Q.
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`(BY MR. BAHLER)
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`Do you need the question again, sir?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`I'm not aware there was a question.
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`Please repeat it.
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`Let me withdraw it in case there is one. Dr. Hodges,
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`the
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`claim requires this maintaining a configuration as we said,
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`right?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. Doesn/t require it be set by anything, and indeed, a SCSI
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`reserve command will make -— will change that configuration in
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`a storage router, correct? Can be used that way, right?
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`A.
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`It could.
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`Q. Could. And when it makes that change,
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`requests by
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`subsequent
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`-— by other work stations will be prohibited from
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`accessing storage that is reserved, right?
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`A. No, sir.
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`Q. Well,
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`is one of the reasons because those other work
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`stations can issue a reset?
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`A. According to the SCSI command, according to the SCSI
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`standard, any of those work stations could revoke the reserve
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`at any time. Therefore,
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`the capability for prohibiting access
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`does not exist within the router if you use SCSI reserve}
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`Q.
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`If the capability exists to override,
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`then there is no
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`access control.
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`Is that what you just said?
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`A.
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`If the capability -- if the access control inherently has
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`the capability to be overridden by any work station without
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`any further authority,
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`that is not access control.
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`Q. All right.
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`So if any work station can override the access
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`controls,
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`then there is no access control?
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`A. That's not what
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`I said.
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`Q. All right.
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`I couldn't understand completely and I
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`apologize. Maybe I'm thick this morning.
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`MR. ALCOCK: Your Honor, move to strike. That's not
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`‘appropriate.
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`THE COURT: Counsel, let's just calm down.
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`Q.
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`(BY MR. BAHLER) Could you explain that again, please?
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`A. What would you like for me to explain?
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`Q.
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`The part about where any -- well,
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`let me just start down
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`the same track, only differently. These work stations shown
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`in figure 3 could be configured to issue reserve commands,
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`right? Any one?
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`A.
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`SCSI reserve commands?
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`Q. Yes, sir.
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`A. Yes,
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`they could.
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`Q. And if the router were so programmed, work station A could
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`reserve for itself storage A and storage B and work station B
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`could reserve storage B, et cetera.
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`In other words,
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`this
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`exact configuration shown in figure 3 could be established
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`using the SCSI reserve commands, correct?
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`A.
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`The configuration'as described in the patent would not be
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`the same.
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`Q. Well, work station A could issue a reserve command and it
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`would be stored in the storage router and it would reserve for
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`work station A, work station A storage on storage device 62,
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`right?
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`A. That is not access control.
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`Q. Well, let's say that no other hosts issue a reset or do
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`anything unusual, all right?
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`A.
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`I'm willing to do that because that's part of the SCSI
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`standard.
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`.
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`Q. Well, let's say that none of them have done it yet.
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`A.
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`If none of them have done it yet,
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`then nothing has
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`happened.
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`Q. All right. Well, let's say none of them have issued a
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`reset and that setting is sitting there in the storage router,
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`the setting that was made by work station A, all right?
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`A. Whatever setting that was.
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`Q. All right.
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`Now, if work station B tries to get access to
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`the storage of work station A, it will be rejected by that’
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`storage router, correct?
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`A. No, sir.
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`Q. Why not?
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`A. This is no different from encountering a locked door that
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`you have a key to it. Doesn't keep you from getting it, it
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`only delays you.
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`Q.
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`A.
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`Isn't that the same as a pass word?
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`The same as pass word?
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`Q. Yeah, before we talked about the management station
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`according to the patent could be actually exist on all of
`those work stations.
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`A. Yes, sir.
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`Q. All
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`those could have management functions, right? That's
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`what you said before, right?
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`A.
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`In this case, everybody has a key.
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`By definition in the
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`case of reserve release. There's no capability in the storage
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`router to prevent any work station regardless of how it's
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`programmed as long as issues a command according to the SCSI
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`protocol to prevent another work station from getting to that
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`storage.
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`Q. All right.
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`So in a -- if -- well,
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`the SCSI reserve every
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`work station has a key, right,
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`in your opinion?
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`A.
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`By definition.
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`Q. All right.
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`And in the management, every -— in the
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`management station, where the management function distributed’
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`across all those work stations, everybody would have a pass
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`word, wouldn't they?
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`A.
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`The capability is there in the latter case for the storage
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`router to create whatever access control is desired by the
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`person who sets this up.
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`The capability is just there for
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`access control with reserve the capability is not there.
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`Q. All right.
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`Now,
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`this management function that's performed
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`by the —- that you say is performed by the SAN gateway and SAN
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`router products, Pathlight products, that's done by this SAN
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`director?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`I'm sorry. Would you repeat that?
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`The management function that you have concluded exists in
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`the SAN gateway and SAN router products,
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`is that done by the
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`SAN director software?
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`A. That's one way of doing it.
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`Q. Are there any other ways of doing it?
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`A. Yes, one can connect by the service port and use a
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`different protocol for doing the same functions.
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`Q. That would still be using the SAN director, right?
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`A. No,