Method and system for deploying networked storage devices
First Claim
1. A system for deploying networked storage devices, the system comprising:
- plural storage devices, each storage device having a unique identifier;
plural user nodes operable to retrieve information from the storage devices, each user node having an operating system, each operating system having a naming convention for the storage devices;
a network interfacing the storage devices and the user nodes; and
a configuration engine associated with each user node, a selected user node configuration engine operable to generate a configuration file that maps the selected user node naming convention for the storage devices with the storage device unique identifiers by associating a symbolic link with each storage device, the selected user node configuration engine further operable to deploy the configuration file to the remaining user nodes for mapping the storage devices to each user node'"'"'s naming convention with the symbolic links by reference to the unique identifiers.
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Abstract
Networked storage devices are accessed by user nodes through a consistent symbolic link naming convention that associates a symbolic link to a storage device unique identifier. User node operating system storage device directory naming conventions are mapped to the symbolic links by selecting a user node as a master and mapping symbolic links to directory names and unique identifiers for the networked storage devices with a master configuration engine. A configuration file with the symbolic link mapping generated by the master configuration engine is provided to configuration engines associated with other user nodes so that the other user nodes are configured to have the symbolic links point to consistent storage devices by reference to the unique identifiers. In the event of differences in user node directory names and subsequent changes to directory names for one or more user nodes, symbolic links remain associated with predetermined storage devices by reference to the unique identifiers.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for deploying networked storage devices, the system comprising:
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plural storage devices, each storage device having a unique identifier;
plural user nodes operable to retrieve information from the storage devices, each user node having an operating system, each operating system having a naming convention for the storage devices;
a network interfacing the storage devices and the user nodes; and
a configuration engine associated with each user node, a selected user node configuration engine operable to generate a configuration file that maps the selected user node naming convention for the storage devices with the storage device unique identifiers by associating a symbolic link with each storage device, the selected user node configuration engine further operable to deploy the configuration file to the remaining user nodes for mapping the storage devices to each user node'"'"'s naming convention with the symbolic links by reference to the unique identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for deploying storage devices to a network for access of stored information by plural information handling system nodes, the method comprising:
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interfacing plural storage devices and plural user nodes through a network;
naming each storage device at each user node with a directory name;
selecting one of the user nodes for configuration;
mapping symbolic links for the selected user node, each symbolic link associating a storage device directory name and unique identifier;
providing the mapping of the selected user node to a second of the user nodes; and
referencing the storage device unique identifiers to map the symbolic links to the storage device directory names of second user node. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A storage area network comprising:
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plural storage information handling systems, each storage information handling system having a unique identifier;
plural user information handling systems for accessing data stored on the storage information handling systems, each user information handling system having a directory of names for discovered storage information handling systems;
a network interfacing the storage and user information handling systems;
a master configuration engine associated with a predetermined user information handling system and operable to configure symbolic links for the selected user information handling system, the symbolic links associating unique identifiers with the directory of names of the storage information handling systems; and
a slave configuration engine associated with each of one or more predetermined storage information handling systems, each slave configuration engine operable to receive the symbolic links from the master configuration engine and to configure an associated user information handling system with the symbolic links so that each symbolic link points to a consistent storage information handling system based on the unique identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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