Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing virtual ports in an information processing system
- Patent Title (中): 管理信息处理系统中的虚拟端口
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Application No.: US10652909Application Date: 2003-08-28
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Publication No.: US07996560B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Toshihiko Murakami , Atsuya Kumagai , Naoko Iwami
- Applicant: Toshihiko Murakami , Atsuya Kumagai , Naoko Iwami
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: JP2003-171475 20030617
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A method is provided with which a name of a virtual port is not changed when virtualized storage is moved among switches. Information about a creator and a borrower of name information is added to a table including name information and address information of a virtual port of a name server managing the name information and the address information. The name information is provided to plural switches and managed. In addition, name information, which can be used commonly among name servers managing the name information and the address information is pooled in advance, and the name information of the virtual port is borrowed from there.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050010688A1 Management device for name of virtual port Public/Granted day:2005-01-13
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