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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Applicants:
Joseph G. Murphy, Westford, MA (US);
Ilya Lubovich, Manchester, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joseph G. Murphy, Westford, MA (US);
Ilya Lubovich, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network architecture facilitates the monitoring and control of a number of storage systems (e.g., arrays) by one or more clients. In particular, the network architecture includes at least one storage management server, connected between the storage systems and a number of clients, for providing operation status information associated with the storage systems as well as storage connectivity devices to at least one of the clients.