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Storage area network resource management

  • US 20020143942A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2001
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A storage area network (SAN) resource manager for use in a network that comprises a heterogeneous SAN, said SAN having a plurality of servers, a plurality of storage devices, at least one networking device interconnecting said servers and said storage devices, and a plurality of SAN subsystems management applications, each of said SAN subsystems management applications managing one or more storage devices by communicating with a storage device management agent residing on said storage device to set operational parameters of and receive management information from said storage device, said SAN resource manager comprising a server application adapted to reside on one of said servers and communicate with said SAN subsystems management applications causing each said SAN subsystems management application to set operational parameters of and receive management information from the storage devices it manages and to communicate received management information to said server application, wherein said SAN resource manager is adapted to provide common management of said storage devices.

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