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Device and method for port assignment

  • US 20060056293A1
  • Filed: 11/12/2004
  • Published: 03/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A port assignment device which assigns a plurality of ports of a storage device, storing data sent from one or more external devices connected via a network in a plurality of storage modules and logically managing the data in the storage modules by a plurality of targets processing initiator commands sent from the external devices, to the targets, comprising:

  • a load information storage module which stores load information indicating a load on each port assigned to each of the targets; and

    a processing module which issues an instruction for altering the port assignment to each target so as to disperse the load on each port based on the load information stored in the load information storage module.

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