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Method and system for providing a virtual network-aware storage array

  • US 9,515,947 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multi-tenant storage array device comprising:

  • a processor-based storage array manager component executed on a computer for storing and managing data associated with a plurality of tenants, wherein the storage array manager component is configured to;

    provide a plurality of storage entities on the storage array device, wherein each of the plurality of storage entities is associated with a tenant of the plurality of tenants;

    generate, within a network virtualization edge (NVE) node of the storage array device, a virtual network instance (“

    VNI”

    ) for each storage entity of the plurality of storage entities, wherein the VNI includes a virtual network identifier (“

    VNID”

    );

    generate, within the NVE node of the storage array device, a virtual network tunnel endpoint (“

    VTEP”

    ) for each storage entity of the plurality of storage entities, wherein the generated VTEP connects the corresponding generated VNI with one or more tenant side VNIs of one or more tenants associated with the storage entity, and wherein the generated VTEP connects the corresponding generated VNI with the one or more tenant side VNIs via one or more corresponding tenant side VTEPs; and

    encapsulate content relating to the storage entity with the VNID for presentation to a tenant system of the tenant associated with the storage entity over a transport network via the generated VTEP.

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