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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Gregory Prestas, Ithaca, NY (US);
Mark A. Dewilde, Freeville, NY (US);
Jeffrey S. Goldner, Ithaca, NY (US);
Terence M. Kelleher, Ithaca, NY (US);
Said Rahmani Khezri, Ithaca, NY (US);
Gregory Prestas, Ithaca, NY (US);
Mark A. DeWilde, Freeville, NY (US);
Jeffrey S. Goldner, Ithaca, NY (US);
Terence M. Kelleher, Ithaca, NY (US);
Said Rahmani Khezri, Ithaca, NY (US);
Advanced Digital Information Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method and architecture for establishing independent, secure, trusted sub-networks within a storage area network (SAN). These virtual private SANs allow secure, managed interconnections between an initiator host and a target storage device or a logical unit number (LUN) indicating a sub-portion of a target storage device. A table of allowable configurations along with a connections database are used to ensure proper, allowable data connections.