Automated assessment report generation
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPaul Anderson, Stephen Williamson, Howard Ernest Arnold, Matthew C. Harris
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Abstract
A method of characterizing a storage area network (SAN) includes collecting information associated with the SAN, analyzing the collected information, generating an assessment of one or more aspects of the SAN based on the analyzing, and reporting the assessment. The information collected may include one or more of host information, storage information and network information. The analyzing may further include evaluating information from two or more subsystems that constitute the SAN, and the assessment may be based on technical knowledge associated with the two or more subsystems.
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A method of characterizing a storage array network (SAN), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory with computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the memory operatively coupled to the processor such that, when executed by the processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the SAN to implement:
- collecting information associated with the SAN, the information comprising:
- hardware aspects that comprise device quantity, device type, device vendor, and device storage capacity,
- configuration aspects that comprise hardware component version, software component version, and firmware component version, and
- communication operation aspects that comprise MAC address, IP address, and enabled protocols;
- the information characterizing:
- (i) neighboring components, comprising switching devices, host devices and storage devices, that are local to the SAN and
- (ii) system components that are part of a system hosting the SAN;
- analyzing the collected information that characterizes the neighboring components and the system components;
- generating an assessment of one or more aspects of the SAN based on the analyzing, the assessment taking into consideration a combination of the neighboring components and the system components, such that the assessment characterizes behavior of the SAN within the system, and
- reporting the assessment.
A method of assessing operational capability of a computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory with computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the memory operatively coupled to the processor such that, when executed by the processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the system to implement:
- acquiring information from across the computing system, the information comprising:
- hardware aspects that comprise device quantity, device type, device vendor, and device storage capacity,
- configuration aspects that comprise hardware component version, software component version, and firmware component version, and communication operation aspects that comprise MAC address, IP address, and enabled protocols;
- the information characterizing:
- (i) neighboring components, comprising switching devices, host devices and storage devices, that are local to the computing system and
- (ii) system components that are part of a system hosting the computing system;
- analyzing the acquired information that characterizes the neighboring components and the system components;
- and
- generating an assessment of one or more aspects of the computing system based on the analyzing, the assessment taking into consideration a combination of the neighboring components and the system components, such that the assessment characterizes behavior of the computing system within the system hosting the computing system.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer code instruction stored thereon, the computer code instructions when executed by an a processor cause an apparatus to:
- collect information associated with a storage array network (SAN), the information comprising:
- hardware aspects that comprise device quantity, device type, device vendor, and device storage capacity,
- configuration aspects that comprise hardware component version, software component version, and firmware component version, and
- communication operation aspects that comprise MAC address, IP address, and enabled protocols;
- the information characterizing:
- (i) neighboring components, comprising switching devices, host devices and storage devices, that are local to the SAN and
- (ii) system components that are part of a system hosting the SAN;
- analyze the collected information that characterizes the neighboring components and the system components;
- and
- generate an assessment of one or more aspects of the SAN system based on the analyzing, the assessment taking into consideration a combination of the neighboring components and the system components, such that the assessment characterizes behavior of the SAN within the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.