发明名称 |
System, apparatus, and method for enhancing storage management in a storage area network |
摘要 |
The invention provides a system, apparatus and procedure whereby a controller manages computer access to a number of storage volumes in a storage peripheral. To accomplish this, a system administrator assigns a plurality of port IDs to a disk array controller, the disk array controller being responsive to requests from a computer using any of the plurality of port IDs. Next, the system administrator configures a data structure in a memory of the controller such that at least a subset of the plurality of port IDs are mapped to particular ones of the number of storage volumes. Next, in response to an access request by a computer, wherein the access request specifies a target port ID, the controller grants the computer access to only those storage volumes whose mapped port ID corresponds to the target ID.
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申请公布号 |
US6647387(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.11.11 |
申请号 |
US20000559200 |
申请日期 |
2000.04.27 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION |
发明人 |
MCKEAN BRIAN D.;ARCHIBALD, JR. JOHN E. |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;H04L29/06;H04L29/08;(IPC1-7):G06F17/30;G06F15/16 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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