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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Akitsugu Kanda, Yamato, JP;
Etsutaro Akagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Akitsugu Kanda, Yamato, JP;
Etsutaro Akagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage system connected to a network is provided which is capable of managing other devices connected to the network. A storage system () is connected via a switch () to a network () to provide clients () with data. The storage system has a control unit which sets the switch () and a setting command preserving unit which keeps a command for setting the switch (). The control unit uses the preserved command to set the switch ().