SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDIRECT UASP MASS STORAGE DEVICES TO AN UNSUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM IN A VDI ENVIRONMENT

摘要

In certain information handling system environments, universal serial bus (USB) attached small computer interface (SCSI) protocol (UASP) devices may be connected to a client and redirected to a server or other information handling system. Some operating systems (OS) of a server may not support UASP. Rather than installing non-certified or expensive third party software, a virtual disk enumerator may retrieve the relevant information of the redirected UASP device and determine that all requests to the virtual UASP device must be redirected to the disk stack of the client for processing.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an agent of a server, a notification that a universal serial bus (USB) attached small computer system interface (SCSI) protocol (UASP) device (UASP device) has been connected to a client, wherein the notification comprises a client device UASP version associated with the UASP device; creating by the agent a virtual storage device associated with the UASP device; retrieving an operating system version; determining if the operating system supports UASP; and advertising to the operating system by a virtual disk enumerator that the virtual storage device has one or more capabilities associated with an advertised UASP version, wherein the advertised UASP version is based, at least in part, on the supported UASP version.