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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A management appliance communicates with host servers and a storage array to determine per-path loading. Based on the loading, the management appliance selects a host server with an uncredentialed path for reconfiguration. Unique endpoint authentication credentials are sent from the management appliance to the selected host server and the storage array. The uncredentialed path is placed in standby mode and the selected host server and the storage array are updated with the unique endpoint authentication credentials, which are then used to reactivate the path with endpoint authentication. Tight coupling between the MPIO software management appliance, storage array, and MPIO drivers on the host servers enables reconfiguration to be automated and based on host server loading, storage array loading, and loading of uncredentialed paths.