×

Identification of an alternate principal member port by a target device in a storage area network

  • US 10,509,706 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2017
  • Issued: 12/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method comprising:

  • determining, by a target device in a Storage Area Network (SAN), that a first principal member port of a target driven peer zone on the target device is likely to fail based on diagnostic information related to the first principal member port, wherein the target driven peer zone is configured in the SAN via the target device, and wherein the diagnostic information based on which the target device determines that the first principal member port is likely to fail comprises a parameter of a transceiver for the first principal member port;

    in response to the determining, identifying, by the target device, an alternate principal member port on the target device; and

    providing, by the target device, an indication comprising an identifier of the first principal member port and an identifier of the alternate principal member port, the indication to cause replacement of the first principal member port with the alternate principal member port as a principal member port in the target driven peer zone.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×