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Methods and Systems for Dynamically Switching Between Communications Protocols

  • US 20100199276A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2009
  • Published: 08/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamically switching between communications protocols used in communicating with each of a plurality of physical computing devices, the method comprising:

  • configuring, by a storage delivery management service, a storage system in a storage area network, to communicate, according to a first communications protocol with a first physical computing device executing a virtual machine, the storage system providing, to the virtual machine, access to a virtual storage resource;

    receiving, by the storage delivery management service, a request to migrate the virtual machine from the first physical computing device to a second physical computing device;

    configuring, by the storage delivery management service, the storage system to communicate with the second physical computing device according to a second communications protocol; and

    transmitting, by the storage delivery management service, to the second physical computing device, an identification of the storage system providing access to the virtual storage resource for the virtual machine.

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