Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Netapp, Inc.

Luan Anh Hong

Dean Alan Kalman

Evan Chiu

Jason M Fox

Storage arrays, methods and computer readable media are provided for obtaining alias assignments of initiators connected to a Fiber Channel (FC) fabric for configuration use on a storage array. One method includes generating a request from the storage array to a switch of the FC fabric to which the storage array is connected. The request is to obtain a copy of a world wide port name (WWPN) of an initiator that is connected to the FC fabric and a copy of an alias name for the initiator. The method includes receiving the WWPN and alias name of the initiator from the switch and caching the received WWPN and alias name to a database of the storage array. The method further includes processing a user interface by the storage array to enable selection of the initiator for assignment to a volume of the storage array. The user interface includes a selection control that identifies the initiator using the alias name received from the switch. In one example, an auto-fill function is used as part of the selection control.

Fibre channel initiator alias/port suggestion and autocomplete

In a distributed system, multiple nodes of a cluster update target data using a cross-domain lock. In the distributed system, data is separated into different domains, where some data elements are part of multiple domains. Multiple nodes each store a copy of the target data, which can be part of a single domain, or part of multiple domains. Where at least one element of the target data is part of two different domains, the nodes use cross-domain locks to lock both domains for at least a portion of the data update, and update the data while the lock is active. After updating the data, the nodes can release the cross-domain lock.

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Luan Anh Hong