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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
David Thomas Schmidt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Elie Antoun Jreij, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Arieh Don, Newton, MA (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing a production server using a storage array. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a storage array may include a memory coupled to a processor, the memory having program instructions configured to cause and/or enable the storage array to: receive hardware information from a multipath input/output (MPIO) module of each of a plurality of production servers in communication with the storage array; provide the hardware information to a management server in communication with the storage array; receive a command from the management server targeting a selected production server; and transmit the command to a selected MPIO module of the selected production server.