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US 8,275,886 B1Granted
End-to-end LUN management via standards compliant management interfaces
AssigneeNetApp, Inc.
InventorAntonio Galan
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AssigneeNetApp, Inc.
InventorAntonio Galan
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A storage system to be used by a host is automatically configured using an agent running at a management console communicatively coupled to the host and to the storage system. In response to probes initiated by the agent, information regarding the host and the storage system, which information is required for the host and the storage system to establish a connection therebetween is obtained and is provided to the host and the storage system. Thereafter, the agent instructs the host and the storage system to establish the connection and further instructs the host to configure the storage system and, finally, to mount the storage system in some instances, the agent may use instruction compliant with the storage management initiative-specification (SMI-S) or, more generally, with the WBEM standard.
A method for automatically configuring a storage system, comprising:
A system, comprising a management console communicatively coupled to a host, including a processor and a memory, and to a storage system to be used by the host, the management console comprising an agent configured to:
A method for automatically configuring a virtual storage arrangement within a computer network, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.