公开(公告)号：WO2003040946A1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-15

申请号：PCT/US2002/035461

申请日：2002-11-04

Applicant: CHAPARRAL NETWORK STORAGE, INC.

Inventor： DAVIES, Ian, R. ,  COLLINE, Phil

IPC: G06F15/173

CPC classification number: H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for assisting an administrator of a system, such as including a storage area network (112) (SAN), in managing tasks that may include tasks related to data storage, wherein typically a plurality of host systems (104a, 104b) contact the SAN. The system detects a new host contact that is the result of a bus scan on the new host H, and captures a world wide name for H provided by the bus scan. The system uses the WWN to retrieve additional information describing H from, e.g., a fiber channel switch, and presents both the WWN and the additional information for H to the administrator (154), wherein the presentation is distinguished from presentations of other hosts, and allows the administrator to modify the presentation for H by adding to or replacing at least a portion of the presentation for H with further data that makes it easier for the administrator to identify the presentation for H from corresponding presentations for other hosts. Since the system uses a host bus scan to contact the SAN, no special purpose software is required on the hosts.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种方法和系统，用于帮助诸如包括存储区域网络（SAN）在内的系统的管理员处理可包括与数据存储相关的任务的任务，其中通常将多个主机系统（104a， 104b）联系SAN。 该系统检测到新的主机联系人，这是新主机H上总线扫描的结果，并且捕获由总线扫描提供的H的全球名称。 系统使用WWN从例如光纤通道交换机检索描述H的附加信息，并向管理员呈现HN的WWN和附加信息（154），其中呈现与其他主机的演示区分开，以及 允许管理员通过向H添加或替换H的演示文稿的至少一部分来修改H的演示文稿，其中进一步的数据使得管理员能够更容易地从其他主机的相应演示中识别H的呈现。 由于系统使用主机总线扫描联系SAN，因此主机上不需要专用软件。