Methods and apparatus for storage area network component registration
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDuane Mark Baldwin, Hans Hanhsia Lin, David Lynn Merbach
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Abstract
The invention provides, in one aspect, a digital data processing system having an interconnect that provides for registration of components communicating thereon. One or more host devices, storage devices or other components are coupled to the interconnect for communication, at least one of them lacking an ability to self-register with the interconnect. Such a component is referred to herein as a non-compliant component. A registration module coupled with the interconnect performs the registration on behalf of the non-compliant component.
Claims39
A computer readable storage medium embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform an operation for storage area network registration, the operation comprising:
- obtaining component registration information for a noncompliant component, wherein the component registration information is compliant with a communication network registration protocol and the noncompliant component lacks capability to self-register with a storage area network using the communication network registration protocol;
- communicating the component registration information to a compliant component registered with the storage area network;
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- registering the component registration information for the noncompliant component with the storage area network, wherein the compliant component registers the component registration information on behalf of the noncompliant component.
A system for storage area network registration, the system comprising:
- a storage area network including a plurality of components, wherein the components are registered in a storage area network registry according to a communication network registration protocol;
- a noncompliant component that lacks capability to self-register with the storage area network using the communication network registration protocol;
- a compliant component configured to obtain component registration information for the noncompliant component and to register the component registration information with the storage area network on behalf of the noncompliant component, wherein the component registration information is compliant with the communication network registration protocol.
A method for storage area network registration, the method comprising:
- obtaining component registration information for a noncompliant component, wherein the component registration information is compliant with a communication network registration protocol and the noncompliant component lacks capability to self-register with a storage area network using the communication network registration protocol;
- communicating the component registration information to a compliant component registered with the storage area network;
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- registering the component registration information for the noncompliant component with the storage area network, wherein the compliant component registers the component registration information on behalf of the noncompliant component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.