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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Richard Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gen-hwa Chiang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kwan Sang Yap, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gen-Hwa Chiang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kwan Sang Yap, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments according to the invention perform functions including discovery, classification, and profiling of storage devices, computer systems, connection elements, and other components relating to a storage area network (SAN). Changes to the SAN topology are tracked in order to show growth patterns.