System and method for validation of storage device addresses
First Claim
1. A method for validating a storage device, the method comprising:
- storing discovery information relating to a storage device;
querying said storage device for device identification information; and
comparing at least a portion of returned device identification information to at least a portion of said stored discovery information.
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Abstract
A system and method for the validation of devices (preferably device addresses) in an enterprise environment is provided. In one embodiment, a host agent of an enterprise environment queries the storage device(s) embedded in or communicatively coupled to a host system associated with the agent for device identification information. Preferably, the host agent then compares the returned information to some or all of the information stored for the queried device(s) at the host system, which preferably includes address information. If for a device, the stored information matches the returned information, the address information for the device stored at the host system is accepted as valid. In at least one embodiment, additional validation steps are performed before the address information is accepted as valid. If, on the other hand, the information does not match, the host agent(s) flags the stored information as invalid and corrective action is taken.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for validating a storage device, the method comprising:
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storing discovery information relating to a storage device;
querying said storage device for device identification information; and
comparing at least a portion of returned device identification information to at least a portion of said stored discovery information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for the validation of a storage device, said system comprising:
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means for storing discovery information for a storage device;
means for querying said storage device for device identification information; and
means for comparing at least a portion of device identification information received in response to said query to at least a portion of said stored discovery information. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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- 22. The system of claim 22 wherein said discovery information includes device address information.
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29. A system for the validation of at least one storage device address comprising:
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at least one host system, wherein at least one storage device is embedded in or coupled to each of said at least one host system; and
wherein each of said at least one host system stores information relating to said at least one storage device embedded in or coupled thereto; and
at least one host agent process, wherein each of said at least one host agent process resides on a respective host system of said at least one host system;
wherein each of said at least one host agent process is operable to query said at least one storage device embedded in or coupled to said host system on which said host agent process resides for device identification information, as well as to compare information returned by said at least one storage device to at least a portion of discovery information stored for said at least one storage device at said host system to which said at least one storage device is coupled.
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