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Method and apparatus for storage network management

  • US 20050203910A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2004
  • Published: 09/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a networked data processing system comprising one or more host servers, a switching component, and a data storage component, a storage access method comprising:

  • receiving a user-originated request for data storage, the request including a service policy, the service policy being associated with one or more data storage performance criteria;

    identifying a data store from among a pool of data stores defined in the data storage component;

    identifying a port on the data store by applying a rule to the one or more data storage performance criteria;

    communicating with a data storage agent to establish a data path within the data storage component for data communication between the port and the data store, the data storage agent being one of a plurality of data storage agents that manage portions of the data storage component;

    identifying a network path for data communication between a host server that is identified in the user-originated request and the port; and

    communicating with a network agent to allocate the network path, the network agent being one of a plurality of network agents that manage portions of the network storage component.

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