Method and graphical user interface for managing and configuring multiple clusters of virtualization switches
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1. A management engine for configuring and managing a cluster of virtualization switches, said management engine comprises:
- a virtual management unit (VMU) for creating virtual volumes, a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to perform at least graphical configuration operations and further displaying status indications, and a data manager (DM) for facilitating communication with said virtualization switches.
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Abstract
A method and a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing and configuring clusters of virtualizations switches of a storage area network (SAN) are disclosed. The method and GUI allow a user (e.g., a system administrator) to easily create virtual volumes through a virtual management unit (VMU) and configure virtual volumes through a GUI. In addition, a data manager (DM) facilitates communication with virtualization switches. Furthermore, the disclosed method enables the monitoring of virtualization switch status and further indicates failures by sending alerts to a user.
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53 Claims
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1. A management engine for configuring and managing a cluster of virtualization switches, said management engine comprises:
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a virtual management unit (VMU) for creating virtual volumes, a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to perform at least graphical configuration operations and further displaying status indications, and a data manager (DM) for facilitating communication with said virtualization switches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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- 20. A graphical user interface (GUI) for graphically configuring a cluster of virtualization switches, said GUI comprises graphical means for creating and configuring virtual volumes and graphical means for displaying at least said virtual volumes and a topology map of a storage network.
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33. A method for graphically configuring a cluster of virtualization switches, said method comprises the steps of:
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a. graphically entering at least management parameters of a first virtualization switch in said cluster, b. graphically creating at least one virtual volume to be exposed on said first virtualization switch, wherein the creation of said virtual volume is performed using a graphical user interface (GUI), c. configuring at least volume parameters of said virtual volume, d. entering at least management parameters of said new virtualization switch for each new switch, and e. synchronizing said volume parameters of said first virtualization switch with said volume parameters of said new virtualization switch. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. Computer executable code for configuring a cluster of virtualization switches, said code comprises the steps of:
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a. graphically entering at least management parameters of a first virtualization switch in said cluster, the creation of said virtual volume is performed using graphical user interface (GUI), b. graphically creating at least one virtual volume to be exposed on said first virtualization switch, c. configuring at least volume parameters of said virtual volume, d. for each new virtualization switch added to said cluster, entering at least management parameters of said new virtualization switch, and e. synchronizing said volume parameters of said first virtualization switch with said volume parameters of said new virtualization switch. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An apparatus for graphical configuration and managing a cluster of virtualization switches, said engine is comprised of:
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a. a management engine executing configuration and managing operations, b. means for graphical input, c. means for graphical display, and d. means for communicating with said virtualization switches. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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