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Port pooling

  • US 7,706,303 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2007
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus comprising:

  • a processor-implemented interface to communicate with at least one physical server, the at least one physical server hosting a plurality of virtual servers and being connectable via a plurality of gateway ports to a storage area network (SAN); and

    a virtual server manager configured to;

    arrange the plurality of gateway ports in a plurality of port pools;

    define a virtual server group including a plurality of virtual servers;

    determine in which of one or more port pools a virtual server group is permitted access to at least one gateway port;

    define a pool listing for the virtual server group, the pool listing defining a selected number of the plurality of gateway ports from the one or more port pools available for access by the virtual server group;

    associate each virtual server with one or more port pools, the one or more port pools defining available gateway ports for access by the particular virtual server; and

    provide configuration instructions to allow the particular virtual server to communicate with the SAN through the available gateway ports.

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