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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Igor Chirashnya, Haifa, IL;
Gregory John Knight, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Kirill Shoikhet, Haifa, IL;
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Igor Chirashnya, Haifa, IL;
Gregory John Knight, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Kirill Shoikhet, Haifa, IL;
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An storage area network (SAN) has a manager digital data processor that includes a first element that maintains a first representation of the SAN and a second element that maintains a second representation of the SAN. The first element generates notifications of events in the SAN, e.g., addition or removal of components or relationships between components, and includes with them data pertaining to the event. The second element responds to such notifications and data by updating the second representation. That data is preferably sufficient for the second element to update the second representation without further reference to information contained in the representation.