Automated logical unit creation and assignment for storage networks
First Claim
1. A method for express configuration of a storage array, comprising:
- providing a first user interface for enabling a Storage Area Network (SAN) administrator to automatically configure the storage array with regard to dividing an available amount of storage for creating a Logical Unit for each host computer capable of accessing the storage array, selecting a Logical Unit type for the Logical Units to be created, and reserving an amount of storage for future expansion.
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Abstract
A single SAN management utility is disclosed that discovers all hosts and HBAs in a SAN, configures the storage switches, creates Logical Units within a storage array, and assigns Logical Units to the hosts in the SAN without requiring the administrator to have a detailed understanding of all of the devices in the SAN or a SAN configuration plan. The SAN management utility may first invoke HBA configuration routines to discover and configure the HBAs in the SAN and determine the hosts in which those HBAs reside. The SAN management utility may then utilize the SAN link to set a new IP address for the storage switch, and then configure the switch over an Ethernet connection. In addition, the SAN management utility may interface with a configuration utility in the storage array through a common storage management specification to create and assign Logical Units in the storage array.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for express configuration of a storage array, comprising:
providing a first user interface for enabling a Storage Area Network (SAN) administrator to automatically configure the storage array with regard to dividing an available amount of storage for creating a Logical Unit for each host computer capable of accessing the storage array, selecting a Logical Unit type for the Logical Units to be created, and reserving an amount of storage for future expansion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more storage media including a computer program which, when executed by one or more processors, provides for an express configuration of a storage array by causing the one or more processors to:
present a first user interface for enabling a Storage Area Network (SAN) administrator to automatically configure a storage array with regard to dividing an available amount of storage for creating a Logical Unit for each host computer capable of accessing the storage array, selecting a Logical Unit type for the Logical Units to be created, and reserving an amount of storage for future expansion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a host couplable to a storage array through a storage switch, one or more processors in the host programmed for express configuration of the storage array by:
providing a first user interface for enabling a Storage Area Network (SAN) administrator to automatically configure the storage array with regard to dividing an available amount of storage for creating a Logical Unit for each host computer capable of accessing the storage array, selecting a Logical Unit type for the Logical Units to be created, and reserving an amount of storage for future expansion. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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