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Storage area network methods and apparatus for display and management of a hierarchical file system extension policy

  • US 6,854,035 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2001
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for rendering information on a network having one or more processors each having a file system that effects access to one or more storage devices, comprising:

  • maintaining information indicating the processors associated with at least one of a first processor group and a second processor group, wherein the first processor group is associated with a first set of attributes defining a first file system extension policy, and wherein the second processor group is associated with a second set of one or more attributes defining a second file system extension policy, wherein the attributes of the second set and the first set define the file system extension policy for the second processor group; and

    displaying the first and second processor groups as a hierarchical tree displaying for each processor group one or more tree nodes, wherein each tree node identifies at least one attribute of the file system extension policy defined for that processor group.

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