Methods and systems for managing port reachability in a clustered system
AssigneeNetApp, Inc.
InventorsJames Andrew Ignatuk, Jeffrey David Prem, Brian Richard Panasko
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Abstract
Methods and systems for port reachability are provided. The process obtains an identifier for ports of a broadcast domain to access storage space at a clustered storage system; sends a discovery request to the ports of the broadcast domain; receives a response to the discovery request from some or all the ports; places ports that responded to the discovery request to a first group that indicates that all ports within the group are reachable; and reports ports within the first group to a user to indicate which ports within the broadcast domain are reachable.
Claims21
A machine implemented method, comprising:
- obtaining an identifier for ports of a broadcast domain to access storage space at a clustered storage system;
- sending a discovery request to the ports of the broadcast domain;
- receiving a response to the discovery request from some or all the ports;
- placing any port that responded to the discovery request to a first group that indicates that all ports within the group are reachable;
- and
- reporting any port within the first group to a user to indicate that the first group port is reachable.
A non-transitory, machine readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:
- obtain an identifier for ports of a broadcast domain to access storage space at a clustered storage system;
- send a discovery request to the ports of the broadcast domain;
- receive a response to the discovery request from some or all the ports;
- place any port that responded to the discovery request to a first group that indicates that all ports within the group are reachable;
- and
- report any port within the first group to a user to indicate that the first group port is reachable.
A system comprising:
- a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions;
- and a processor module coupled to the memory, the processor module configured to execute the machine executable code to:
- obtain an identifier for ports of a broadcast domain to access storage space at a clustered storage system;
- send a discovery request to the ports of the broadcast domain;
- receive a response to the discovery request from some or all the ports;
- place any port that responded to the discovery request to a first group that indicates that all ports within the group are reachable;
- and
- report any port within the first group to a user to indicate that the first group port is reachable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.