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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Extensible architecture for the centralized discovery and management of heterogeneous san components
Robert J. Marinelli, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Leonid M. Yaroslavsky, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sung-wook Ryu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul A. Scammell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert J. Marinelli, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Leonid M. Yaroslavsky, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sung-Wook Ryu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul A. Scammell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An extensible architecture for centralized discovery and management of heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN) components. A SAN management server may be provided for communicating with the heterogeneous SAN components to perform centralized discovery and management of the SAN. The server may manage a data repository for storing data objects representing the components of the SAN. The SAN management server may include one or more explorers for communicating with SAN components to perform one or more discovery or management operations. Each explorer may be added to the system as a separate module. The SAN management server may receive SAN management commands and select and sequence one or more of the explorers to perform one or more SAN component discovery or management operations. The SAN management server may convert data obtained from the heterogeneous SAN components into a common data model.