Managing SANs with scalable hosts
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a processor;
a connection device for connecting to other components via a storage area network (SAN); and
management application running on said processor that provides the following functionality;
displaying a host partition hierarchy and storage resource ownership for an attached scalable host within a host-centric logical view of the SAN; and
providing a view of a connectivity of hosting/trusted components within the host-centric logical view, said components selected from among partitions, blades, and clusters.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for providing enhanced management features for a SAN with scalable hosts. Partitioned hosts (or ‘scalable’ hosts) are managed by extending SAN manager host-centric logical views to show (1) the host partition hierarchy and (2) the storage resource ownership for a SAN-attached scalable host. The extended host-centric view includes the host system, hosting OSes (if applicable), hosted OSes for each hosting OS (or the host system), OS volumes for each hosted OS, and logical mapping of each OS volume to the SAN storage resource (logical unit). The SAN manager is extended to also show how hosting (trusted) partitions, blades, and/or cluster members physically connect into a SAN. Users are able to toggle between a host centric view and a physical topology view by selection of items within the interface.
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17 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a processor;
a connection device for connecting to other components via a storage area network (SAN); and
management application running on said processor that provides the following functionality;
displaying a host partition hierarchy and storage resource ownership for an attached scalable host within a host-centric logical view of the SAN; and
providing a view of a connectivity of hosting/trusted components within the host-centric logical view, said components selected from among partitions, blades, and clusters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A storage area network (SAN) comprising:
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a plurality of managed components coupled to a fabric of the SAN; and
a SAN manager also coupled to the fabric and which includes a management application that provides the following features;
displaying a host partition hierarchy and storage resource ownership for an attached scalable host within a host-centric logical view of the SAN; and
providing a view of a connectivity of hosting/trusted components within the host-centric logical view, said components selected from among partitions, blades, and clusters. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
program instructions on said computer readable medium including code for;
displaying a host partition hierarchy and storage resource ownership for an attached scalable host within a host-centric logical view of a storage area network (SAN); and
providing a view of a connectivity of hosting/trusted components within the host-centric logical view, said components selected from among partitions, blades, and clusters;
wherein said host-centric view includes a host system, hosting operating systems (OSes), hosted OSes for each hosting OS, OS volumes for each hosted OS, and logical mapping of each OS volume to a SAN (storage area network) storage resource. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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