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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Masatoshi Ichikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Naoto Matsunami, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kamimaki, Fujisawa, JP;
Osamu Kunisaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk storage apparatus includes a logical unit number correspondence memory for storing the correspondence and the logical unit number designated by a host computer and the logical unit number of the disk storage apparatus, a logical unit number conversion program for converting the logical unit number designated by the host computer to the logical unit number of the disk storage apparatus, and a logical unit correspondence setting program for storing the correspondence of the logical unit number designated by the host computer to the logical unit number of the disk storage in the logical unit number correspondence memory thereby, a plurality of host computers sharing at least one disk storage apparatus.