Storage area network methods and apparatus with centralized management

Novel storage area networks (SANs) and methods of operation thereof utilize a plurality of hosts coupled via an interconnect with one or more storage units. A manager device, process or other functionality in communication with a plurality of agent processes, devices or other functionality, each of...

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Hauptverfasser: DRUKER ROMAN DAVID, KNIGHT GREGORY JOHN, HOANG VINCENT JOMARTIN, YONKER WILLIAM ROY, CLARK RON HERSHEL, CAMACHO BARBARA J, DUNHAM DOUGLAS PAUL, NAKHFOROUSH AMIR, HEITMAN ALLEN ROBERT, MERBACH DAVID LYNN, TEVIS GREGORY JOHN, HOBBS NANCY LOTT, DOUGLAS DANIEL GRAHAM, GROVES DAVID WILSON, NGUYEN-PHUC VINH-THUAN, DARYAN ALIREZA RAZZAGHI, BALDWIN DUANE MARK, BRADSHAW PAUL LAWRENCE, HUSTON LISA ANNE
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Zusammenfassung:Novel storage area networks (SANs) and methods of operation thereof utilize a plurality of hosts coupled via an interconnect with one or more storage units. A manager device, process or other functionality in communication with a plurality of agent processes, devices or other functionality, each of which is associated with a host. The agents identify attributes of (i) their associated hosts, (ii) interconnect to which that host is coupled, and/or (iii) storage units to which that host is coupled via the interconnect. The manager responds to these attributes identified by the agents to manage the SAN. The manager can be implemented on a first digital data processor and the hosts on further digital data processors. These digital data processors can be coupled via a first network, e.g., an IP or other network, to support communications between the manager and the agents. A second network, e.g., SCSI and/or fiber channel based fabric, separate from the first network, can be utilized as the interconnect between the hosts and the storage devices.