Methods for management of mixed protocol storage area networks
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1. A method of operating a network manager (hereinafter, “
- first network manager”
), the method comprisingcommunicating with a first component set, the first component set comprising one or more network components via a first protocol and identifying each component of the first component set with an identifier of a first identifier type, the identifier being unique to that component under the first protocol with respect to the other components in the first component set,managing the one or more components of the first component set,receiving information regarding at least one component in a second component set, the second component set comprising one or more network components, that information including an identifier of the first identifier type, the information being received from a second network manager that(i) communicates with the second component set via a second protocol,(ii) manages the components of the second component set,(iii) provides an identifier for each component of the second component set with an identifier of a second identifier type unique to that component under the second protocol with respect to the other components in the second component set, and(iv) assigns an identifier of the first identifier type to a component of the second component set, the identifier of the first identifier type to be sent to a network manager of the first component set along with information regarding the component, wherein the identifier of the first identifier type assigned to a common component that is common to the first and second component sets matches an identifier used by the first network manager to identify the common component to the first component set andusing said information to determine whether the component in identified in the information is common to the first and second sets.
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Abstract
The invention provides improvements on a digital data processing system of the type having a first set of hosts, storage devices or other components coupled for communication with a first network manager. A second set of components is likewise coupled to a second network manager. Communications between the network managers and their respective sets of components utilize different protocols, the first network manager referring to components of the first set with identifiers that are unique to those respective components under the first protocol, and the second network manager referring to components of the second set with identifiers that are unique to those respective components under the second protocol.
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1. A method of operating a network manager (hereinafter, “
- first network manager”
), the method comprisingcommunicating with a first component set, the first component set comprising one or more network components via a first protocol and identifying each component of the first component set with an identifier of a first identifier type, the identifier being unique to that component under the first protocol with respect to the other components in the first component set, managing the one or more components of the first component set, receiving information regarding at least one component in a second component set, the second component set comprising one or more network components, that information including an identifier of the first identifier type, the information being received from a second network manager that (i) communicates with the second component set via a second protocol, (ii) manages the components of the second component set, (iii) provides an identifier for each component of the second component set with an identifier of a second identifier type unique to that component under the second protocol with respect to the other components in the second component set, and (iv) assigns an identifier of the first identifier type to a component of the second component set, the identifier of the first identifier type to be sent to a network manager of the first component set along with information regarding the component, wherein the identifier of the first identifier type assigned to a common component that is common to the first and second component sets matches an identifier used by the first network manager to identify the common component to the first component set and using said information to determine whether the component in identified in the information is common to the first and second sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- first network manager”
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7. A method of operating a manager (hereinafter, “
- second network manager”
) of a second component set, the method comprisingcommunicating with one or more components of a second component set via a second protocol and identifying each such component with an identifier of a second identifier type, the identifier being unique to that component under the protocol with respect to the other components in the second component set, managing the one or more components of the second component set, and generating for use by a first network manager information regarding at least one component in the second component set, that information including an identifier of a first identifier type, that first identifier type being a type used by the first network manager in communications with components of a first component set via a first protocol, wherein the generated identifier for a common component matches an identifier used by the first network manager to identify the common to the first component set if the common component is in both the first and second component sets.
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8. A method of operating a network manager (hereinafter, “
- first network manager”
), the method comprisingcommunicating with a first component set of one or more network components via a first protocol and identifying each component in the first component set with an identifier of a first identifier type, the identifier being unique to that component under the first protocol with respect to the other components in the first component set, managing the one or more components of the first component set using the identifiers of the first type, receiving information regarding at least one component in a second component set of one or more network components, that information including an identifier of the first identifier type, the information being received from a second network manager that (i) communicates with the second component set via a second protocol, (ii) manages the components of the second component set, and (iii) provides an identifier for each component of the second component set with an identifier of a second identifier type unique to that component under the second protocol with respect to the other components in the second component set, wherein the identifier of the first type sent with the information matches an identifier of the first component set when the component corresponding to the identifier is common between the first component set and the second component set, and using said information in the first network manager to provide at least selected management functions with respect to the second component set.
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Current AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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Original AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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InventorsTevis, Gregory John, Baldwin, Duane Mark, Merbach, David Lynn
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Primary Examiner(s)Jaroenchonwanit; Bunjob
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Assistant Examiner(s)Chankong; Dohm
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Application NumberUS10/132,656Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,266 DaysField of Search709223-226, 709/230, 709/227, 709/229, 370/466, 370/469US Class Current709/249CPC Class CodesH04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of ...H04L 69/329 in the application layer [O...
