Computer system for managing storage areas in a plurality of storage devices

A computer system, comprising:

• a plurality of computers;
• and
• a plurality of storage systems coupled to said plurality of computers via a first network used for data transfer,
• wherein said plurality of computers include a management computer,
• wherein said management computer includes:
• a processor,
• a memory in which a plurality of programs for controlling said plurality of storage systems are stored, and
• an interface coupled to the plurality of storage systems and the plurality of computers via a local area network (LAN) which is different from the first network,
• wherein said processor selects one of said plurality of storage systems based on information sent by a one of said plurality of computers to the management computer via the LAN, specifies a type of said selected storage system, selects a one of said plurality of programs which corresponds to the selected storage system based on the specified type of storage system, and executes the selected program to send an instruction to the selected storage system via the LAN,
• wherein said selected storage system creates a logical storage area in accordance with the instruction sent from the management computer via the LAN, and
• wherein the one of the plurality of computers accesses to the logical storage area via the first network,
• wherein said selected storage system includes:
• a disk device,
• a plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of computers via the first network, and
• a controller,
• wherein said controller creates the logical storage area and assigns the logical storage area to a one of the plurality of ports coupled to the one of the plurality of computers via the first network in accordance with the instruction, wherein said information includes capacity information of a virtual storage area,
• wherein the management computer instructs said selected storage system to create the logical storage area which has a capacity in accordance with the capacity information by sending the instruction to the selected storage system via the LAN and sends information of said created logical storage area to said one of the plurality of computers via the LAN,
• wherein said one of the plurality of computers constructs the virtual storage area based on said information of said created logical storage area by using said logical storage area and uses said logical storage area as the virtual storage area via the first network,
• wherein the first network is a Fibre Channel (FC) network,
• wherein the management computer receives notification of completion of creation of the logical storage area from the selected storage system via the LAN and sends the information of created logical storage area including an identifier of the selected storage system used in the first network to the one of the plurality of computers via the LAN, and
• wherein the one of the plurality of computers access to the selected storage system via the FC network by using the identifier.

A computer system comprising:

• a plurality of computers;
• a plurality of storage systems coupled to the plurality of computers via a Fibre Channel (FC) network;
• and
• a management computer, coupled to the plurality of computers and the plurality of storage systems via a local area network (LAN), which includes a database including information of relation between a type of storage system and a program to be used for controlling a storage system belonging to the type,
• wherein one of the plurality of computers sends a command, which requests the management computer to create a logical storage unit, via the LAN,
• wherein the management computer selects a first storage system of the plurality of storage systems, identifies a first type of the first storage system, selects a first program used for controlling the first storage system by using the database and information of the first type, and sends a second command, which indicates the first storage system to create the logical storage unit, via the LAN by executing the first program,
• wherein the first storage system creates the logical storage unit in itself based on the second command and notifies the management computer of completion of creation via the LAN,
• wherein the management computer notifies the one of the plurality of computers of the completion of creation via the LAN, and
• wherein the one of the plurality of computers access to the first storage system via the FC network after receiving the notification from the management computer via the LAN.

A computer system, comprising:

• a plurality of computers;
• and
• a plurality of storage system respectively coupled to each of said plurality of computers via a fibre channel (FC) network,
• wherein said plurality of computers include a management computer coupled to the plurality of computers and the plurality of storage systems via a local area network (LAN),
• wherein said management computer includes:
• a processor,
• an interface coupled to the plurality of storage systems and the plurality of computers via the LAN, and
• a memory in which a plurality of programs for respectively controlling each of said plurality of storage systems are stored and in which a database including information indicating a relation between a type of storage system, a system identifier of the storage system and a program of the plurality of programs to be used for controlling the storage system identified by the system identifier,
• wherein said processor selects one of said plurality of storage systems to be controlled based on information including a system identifier having been allocated to each of said plurality of storage systems input to the management computer, specifies the selected storage system as being a type of storage system, selects one of said plurality of programs for controlling the selected storage system based on the information indicating a relation between the specified type of storage system, the system identifier of the storage system and the program, and executes the selected to control the selected storage system via the LAN, and
• wherein a one of the plurality of computers, which is assigned to the one of said plurality of storage systems, accesses to the one of the plurality of storage systems via the FC network.