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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Storage area network methods and apparatus for communication and interfacing with multiple platforms
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Zhengwen He, Rochester, MN (US);
Allen Robert Heitman, Rochester, MN (US);
Hans Hanhsia Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Duane Mark Baldwin, Mantorville, MN (US);
Zhengwen He, Rochester, MN (US);
Allen Robert Heitman, Rochester, MN (US);
Hans Hanhsia Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage area network (SAN) has a plurality of components including digital data processors, e.g., hosts, coupled to a plurality of storage device. Common, platform-independent processes execute on the hosts, which can be of varied platform types, e.g., Unix™, Windows™, Solaris, and so forth. Those processes utilizes the command line interface of the host operating system to invoke platform-dependent processes on the respective hosts. The platform-dependent processes return data to the platform-independent processes, e.g., via Standard Output or Standard Error of the host operating system command line interface.