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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
David W. Groves, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael L. Lamb, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas S. Noddings, Export, PA (US);
Raymond M. Swank, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin J. Webster, Tigard, OR (US);
David W. Groves, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael L. Lamb, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas S. Noddings, Export, PA (US);
Raymond M. Swank, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin J. Webster, Tigard, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An example of a method for assigning storage includes receiving a request for storage, wherein the request includes a requested amount of storage space and connectivity information. This example of the method also includes identifying storage that is accessible by a requesting device based on the connectivity information, and identifying all LUNs that are masked from all hosts, in the identified storage. This example of the method further includes selecting at least one identified LUN, and assigning the at least one selected LUN to the requesting device.