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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Alexander Dubrovsky, Westborough, MA (US);
James E. Lavallee, Boylston, MA (US);
Alexander Dubrovsky, Westborough, MA (US);
James E. Lavallee, Boylston, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A management control center identifies multiple remotely located agents and their corresponding abilities to manage devices in a storage area network on behalf of the management control center. In response to learning capabilities of the multiple agents, the management control center assigns a first agent of multiple agents in the storage area network to handle execution of a first set of management functions associated with a given device in the storage area network. Additionally, the management control center assigns a second agent of multiple agents in the storage area network to handle execution of a second set of management functions associated with the given device. This technique of assigning multiple agents (rather than a single agent) different management functions alleviates a management control center from having to coordinate direct communications with and control many different types of vendor devices in the storage area network.