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Storage system and a storage management system

  • US 20060047907A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2004
  • Published: 03/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage system comprising:

  • a plurality of physical ports connected with a name management device, a plurality of computers, and a packet transfer device through a network;

    a control device;

    a memory; and

    a plurality of disk devices, and wherein said control device manages a plurality of logical volumes created on storage areas included in said plurality of disk devices;

    wherein said memory stores information about connecting relation among said plurality of physical ports included in said storage system, a plurality of physical ports included in said plurality of computers, and a plurality of physical ports included in said packet transfer device; and

    wherein said control device reads information of an identifier of a first computer of said plurality of computers and an identifier of a first logical volume of said plurality of logical volumes from a management terminal connected with said storage system, selects an unused first physical port of said plurality of physical ports included in said packet transfer device and a second physical port of said plurality of physical ports included in said packet transfer device connected with said storage system by referring to said information about connecting relation, transmits information of a group composed of said first computer and said first logical volume to said name management device, and instructs said packet transfer device to execute a configuration of allowing packets to be transferred between said first physical port and said second physical port.

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