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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Allen Robert Heitman, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory John Knight, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Raymond M. LI, Oakland, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Allen Robert Heitman, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory John Knight, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Raymond M. Li, Oakland, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A digital data processor of the type used, e.g., in management of a storage area network (SAN), executes a process (a 'manager' process) to maintain a representation of the SAN topology or at least an attribute thereof. A graphical output device displays the SAN representation. A further process (a 'user interface' process) controls the output device for purposes of displaying that representation. An interface element effects retrieval of the SAN representation, for example, in response to a request from the user interface process. It transmits that representation to the user interface process for display on the graphical output device.